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# zayin

«zayin» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet, with a "z" sound** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

The seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet, with a "z" sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Z/zayin/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah, Zayin is one of the twelve simple letters, linked to the sense of eating or smelling in the lists. It is paired with the sign Gemini, the month Siwan and the right leg of a person. Interpretation: The book teaches that God made each letter reign and tied a crown to it. The letters are treated as building blocks of the world, the year and the human body.

### examples

- == 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/Z/zayin/#x1)
- He made the letter Zayin reign, and bound to it a crown, and formed with it Gemini in the World, and Siwan in the year, and the right leg in the Person. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Z/zayin/#x2)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

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