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- noun The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
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- noun The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet,
ו .
Etymologies
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Examples
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As for the "vav" construction, those are attached to certain verbs rather than nouns, and they are not used to indicate the preposition "from".
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- [Torath Kohanim 1: 17] [The extra "vav" at the beginning of this phrase comes] to exclude the case of a goring animal that has killed [a man].
Chabad.org Weekly Magazine [ Chukat-Balak 5769 - July 3, 2009 ] 2009
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Linguist Dr d'Armond Speers spent days translating phrases into Klingon - hoping his toddler's first word would be "vav" rather than "dad".
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The Minnesota native hoped the child's first word would be 'vav' instead of 'dad'.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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The second Hebrew letter on The Goy's tooth is meant to be a "vav" though it appears as a
Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes - A Community for People Touched by Diabetes 2009
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The Minnesota native hoped the child's first word would be 'vav' instead of 'dad'.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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The "vav" [meaning "and" here demonstrates that this section concerning voluntary burnt offerings from the flock] is a continuation from the previous subject [those from cattle, and is thereby connected in that the laws of each are common to both].
Chabad.org Weekly Magazine [ Chukat-Balak 5769 - July 3, 2009 ] 2009
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V'AHAVTA et Adonai ÔKy¡RhølTa Elohecha, b'chol l'vav'cha uv'chol nafsh'cha uv'chol h ∞ Dwh ◊ y t ™ Ea m'odecha.
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Additionally, the Hebrew letter “vav” is written in a larger script than the rest of the text.23 Since the Jewish calendar year is represented by Hebrew letters, the smaller letters, “tav,” “shin,” and “zain” refer to Jewish calendar year 707.
Can America Survive? John Hagee 2010
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Meanwhile, the large letter “vav” equals 6, which is referring to the sixth millennium.24
Can America Survive? John Hagee 2010
oroboros commented on the word vav
The sixth Hebrew letter.
June 2, 2008