HEBREW LETTER AYIN

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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.

All labels observed (4)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 Hebrew Unicode block ⓘ
hasCaseDistinction none ⓘ
hasCategoryInUnicode Letter, other ⓘ
hasFinalForm none ⓘ
hasGematriaCategory tens ⓘ
hasHistoricalOrigin 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 ⓘ
hasUseInAcronyms yes ⓘ
hasUseInCantillation yes ⓘ
hasUseInNumerals yes ⓘ
hasVoicing voiced ⓘ
hasWritingDirection right-to-left ⓘ
isGuttural true ⓘ
partOf Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
transliteratedAs ` ⓘ
ʕ ⓘ
ʻ ⓘ
ʿ ⓘ
ˁ ⓘ
usedIn Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew

Judeo-Arabic texts ⓘ
Judeo-Aramaic texts ⓘ
Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ
Modern Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew

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

How these facts were elicited

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 → Aramaic letter ʿayin ⓘ
linked to: HEBREW LETTER AYIN
Proto-Sinaitic letter ʿayin → correspondsToInPhoenician → Phoenician ʿayin (𐤏) ⓘ
linked to: HEBREW LETTER AYIN
Proto-Sinaitic letter ʿayin → correspondsToInHebrew → Hebrew ʿayin (ע) ⓘ
linked to: HEBREW LETTER AYIN
Hebrew letter Ayin → hasUnicodeName → HEBREW LETTER AYIN ⓘ
subject linked to: HEBREW LETTER AYIN