ש
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Semitic *šinn- (“tooth”), the source of שן. The association of "tooth" with this letter was the result of folk etymology and based on the corresponding Phoenician letter, 𐤔 (š), having a shape resembling a tooth. The letter originally depicted a composite bow, which usually has the tips curving away from the archer when unstrung.[1][2]
Related to Classical Syriac ܫ, Arabic ش (š), Phoenician 𐤔 (š), Russian ш (š), Aramaic ܫ. More at Shin.
Letter
ש • (sh, s)
- Shin or sin: the twenty-first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after ר and before ת.
- שׁ is shin (with the shin dot above the right-hand side of the letter), representing /ʃ/
- שׂ is sin (with the sin dot above the left-hand side of the letter), representing /s/
- The numeral 300 in Hebrew numbering.
Coordinate terms
References
- “shin”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- Albright, W. F. (1948). "The Early Alphabetic Inscriptions from Sinai and their Decipherment". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 110 (110): 6–22 [p. 15].
Etymology 2
Interjection
שָׁ • (sha)
Synonyms
- הס (has)
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