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# samekh

«samekh» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The fifteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, which makes…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

The fifteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, which makes an "s" sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/samekh/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: In the Sefer Yetzirah, Samekh is one of twelve simple letters. It is linked to sleep, Sagittarius, Kislev and the stomach.

### examples

- And Samekh-Tzadi-Resh-Shin, between the teeth and tongue, lain down and flattened. [note 1: These last two words, שכובה ושטותה, are difficult to identify. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/samekh/#x1)
- == Chapter 5 == [5:1] Twelve Simple Letters, Heh-Waw Zayin-Chet Tet-Yod Lamed-Nun ʽAyin-Samekh Tzadi-Qof—Their foundation is Seeing, Hearing, Smelling, Talking, Eating, Sex, Work, Movement, Excitement, Play, Contemplation, Sleep. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/samekh/#x2)
- He made the Samekh reign, and bound to it a crown, and formed with it Sagittarius in the World, and Kislew in the year, and the gall in the Person. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/samekh/#x3)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «samekh» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/samekh/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.