Zayin

E81131
Hebrew letter

Zayin is the seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet, traditionally associated with the "z" sound and rich symbolic meanings in Jewish mysticism and scripture.

Aliases (3)
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew letter →
alphabet Hebrew alphabet →
appearsInText Tanakh →
surface form: "Hebrew Bible"

Jewish liturgy →
rabbinic literature →
associatedField Kabbalah →
surface form: "Jewish mysticism"

Kabbalah →
associatedTradition Judaism →
associatedWithConcept spiritual warfare →
struggle →
sustenance →
sword →
weapon →
associatedWithSephirahInSomeKabbalisticSystems Netzach →
belongsToUnicodeBlock Hebrew →
category Semitic letter →
directionOfWriting right-to-left →
hasAcrosticUseInBook Lamentations →
surface form: "Book of Lamentations"

Book of Proverbs →
Psalms →
surface form: "Book of Psalms"
hasFinalForm no →
hasHistoricalOrigin Zayin →
surface form: "Phoenician letter Zayin"
hasISO15924Code Hebr →
hasNameInHebrew ז →
hasSectionInPsalm119 Zayin →
surface form: "Zayin stanza"
hasStrokeOrderTradition Hebrew calligraphy →
hasTraditionalSymbolism crown →
kingliness →
hasUnicodeCodePoint U+05D6 →
hasUnicodeName Zayin →
surface form: "HEBREW LETTER ZAYIN"
isConsonant true →
isVowel false →
numericValueInGematria 7 →
positionInAlphabet 7 →
relatedLetterInGreek Zeta →
relatedLetterInLatin Z →
representsNumberInHebrewNumerals 7 →
representsSound /z/ →
scriptType consonantLetter →
standardTransliteration z →
transliteration zayin →
usedInAcrosticPsalm Psalm 119 →
usedInLanguage Hebrew →
Yiddish →
usedInNumeralSystem Hebrew numerals →
usedInReligiousContext Kabbalistic meditation →
Torah study →
writingSystem Abjad →
Referenced by (4)

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

Zayin → hasHistoricalOrigin → Zayin →
this entity surface form: "Phoenician letter Zayin"
Hebrew alphabet → hasLetter → Zayin →
this entity surface form: "Zayin stanza"
Zayin → hasUnicodeName → Zayin →
this entity surface form: "HEBREW LETTER ZAYIN"
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