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<p> '''''a´yēn''''' : עין , <i> '''''‛ayı̄n''''' </i> , "eye" or "fountain": The 16th letter of the [[Hebrew]] alphabet, so named, probably, because the original form resembled the eye. <i> '''''‛Ayin''''' </i> ( ע ) is usually neglected in pronunciation, and inverted comma ('''''(''''' ) is the sign most commonly employed to represent it in transliteration. The same sound is found in the Arabic and other Semitic languages. The Arabs have two pronunciations, one a very strong guttural formed at the back of the palate, something like a rattled "r" or "rg," the other similar in quality, only less harsh and guttural. The [[Septuagint]] reproduced the <i> '''''‛ayin''''' </i> ( ע ) in some cases by the [[Greek]] letter <i> '''''gamma''''' </i> ( γ )."The numerical value of this letter is 70. An <i> '''''‛ayin''''' </i> ( ע ) begins each verse of the 16th section of Ps 119 in the Hebrew. </p> | |||
<p> '''''a´yēn''''' : עין , <i> '''''‛ayı̄n''''' </i> , "eye" or "fountain": The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, so named, probably, because the original form resembled the eye. <i> '''''‛Ayin''''' </i> ( ע ) is usually neglected in pronunciation, and inverted comma ('''''(''''' ) is the sign most commonly employed to represent it in transliteration. The same sound is found in the Arabic and other Semitic languages. The Arabs have two pronunciations, one a very strong guttural formed at the back of the palate, something like a rattled "r" or "rg," the other similar in quality, only less harsh and guttural. The Septuagint reproduced the <i> '''''‛ayin''''' </i> ( ע ) in some cases by the Greek letter <i> '''''gamma''''' </i> ( γ )."The numerical value of this letter is 70. An <i> '''''‛ayin''''' </i> ( ע ) begins each verse of the 16th section of Ps 119 in the Hebrew. </p | |||
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a´yēn : עין , ‛ayı̄n , "eye" or "fountain": The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, so named, probably, because the original form resembled the eye. ‛Ayin ( ע ) is usually neglected in pronunciation, and inverted comma (( ) is the sign most commonly employed to represent it in transliteration. The same sound is found in the Arabic and other Semitic languages. The Arabs have two pronunciations, one a very strong guttural formed at the back of the palate, something like a rattled "r" or "rg," the other similar in quality, only less harsh and guttural. The Septuagint reproduced the ‛ayin ( ע ) in some cases by the Greek letter gamma ( γ )."The numerical value of this letter is 70. An ‛ayin ( ע ) begins each verse of the 16th section of Ps 119 in the Hebrew.
