HEBREW LETTER AYIN

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Hebrew letter consonant grapheme

HEBREW LETTER AYIN is a consonant in the Hebrew alphabet, traditionally representing a voiced pharyngeal fricative and used in both liturgical and modern Hebrew writing.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
HEBREW LETTER AYIN canonical 2
Aramaic letter ʿayin 1
Hebrew ʿayin (ע) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew letter ⓘ
consonant ⓘ
grapheme ⓘ
affectsVocalization true ⓘ
cognateOf Arabic letter ʿAyn ⓘ
Syriac letter ʿE ⓘ
hasAbjadValue 70 ⓘ
hasArticulationManner fricative ⓘ
hasArticulationPlace pharyngeal ⓘ
hasBlock Unicode Hebrew block ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Unicode block
hasCaseDistinction none ⓘ
hasCategoryInUnicode Letter, other ⓘ
hasFinalForm none ⓘ
hasGematriaCategory tens ⓘ
hasHistoricalOrigin Proto-Sinaitic letter ʿayin ⓘ
surface form: Phoenician letter ʿayin
hasIPAValue ʕ ⓘ
hasJoiningType non-joining ⓘ
hasNameInHebrew עַיִן ⓘ
hasNameMeaning eye ⓘ
hasNumericValue 70 ⓘ
hasPositionInAlphabet 16 ⓘ
hasScript Hebrew ⓘ
hasStandardForm ע ⓘ
hasTraditionalPronunciation voiced pharyngeal fricative ⓘ
hasType consonantal letter ⓘ
hasUnicodeCodePoint U+05E2 ⓘ
hasUnicodeName HEBREW LETTER AYIN self-linksurface differs ⓘ
hasUseInAcronyms yes ⓘ
hasUseInCantillation yes ⓘ
hasUseInNumerals yes ⓘ
hasVoicing voiced ⓘ
hasWritingDirection right-to-left ⓘ
isGuttural true ⓘ
partOf Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
transliteratedAs ` ⓘ
ʕ ⓘ
ʻ ⓘ
ʿ ⓘ
ˁ ⓘ
usedIn Hebrew ⓘ
surface form: Biblical Hebrew

Judeo-Arabic texts ⓘ
Judeo-Aramaic texts ⓘ
Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
surface form: Modern Hebrew

Yiddish orthography ⓘ
liturgical Hebrew ⓘ
usedInReligiousTexts Siddur ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
Torah ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ayin → hasStandardNameInUnicode → HEBREW LETTER AYIN ⓘ
Proto-Sinaitic letter ʿayin → originOf → HEBREW LETTER AYIN ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic letter ʿayin
Proto-Sinaitic letter ʿayin → correspondsToInPhoenician → HEBREW LETTER AYIN ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician ʿayin (𐤏)
Proto-Sinaitic letter ʿayin → correspondsToInHebrew → HEBREW LETTER AYIN ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hebrew ʿayin (ע)
HEBREW LETTER AYIN → hasUnicodeName → HEBREW LETTER AYIN self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Hebrew letter Ayin