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# zayin

noun

«zayin» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In 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.

### Meaning

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

### 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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Z/zayin/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «zayin» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Z/zayin/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«zayin» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/zayin.html) on Mova free.