Definitions
Etymologies
- Hebrew וי״ו (vav) (Wiktionary)
- Hebrew wāw, from Phoenician *wāw, *wō, pin (sense uncertain), sixth letter of the Phoenician alphabet. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“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 ]
“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 ]
“Linguist Dr d'Armond Speers spent days translating phrases into Klingon - hoping his toddler's first word would be "vav" rather than "dad".”
“The Minnesota native hoped the child's first word would be 'vav' instead of 'dad'.”
“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.”
“The second Hebrew letter on The Goy's tooth is meant to be a "vav" though it appears as a”
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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.”
“Meanwhile, the large letter “vav” equals 6, which is referring to the sixth millennium.24”
“Yes, in biblical Hebrew the sentences start with "waw"vav literally translated as "and.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘vav’.
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3-Letter Scrabble Words Which Do Not ...
A list of 3-letter words which cannot be formed by adding a letter to a 2-letter word (see Ken Clark's word lists found at http://www.seattlescrab...
fiz, fix, fir, fig, fie, fib, eve, eke, egg, eek, ecu, ebb and 225 more...
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Palindromes
tenet, �?ΙΨΟ�? Α�?ΟΜΗΜΑΤ..., rotator, kayak, tattarrattat, detartrated, racecar, level, step on no pets, fall leaves after..., level, madam, level!, reviver and 108 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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Unusual words for Words With Friends
A list of words that WWF recognizes as valid - most are unusual words; some are simply high-scoring.
botel, slipe, jeu, chub, chubs, cote, mure, tittle, dev, loo, hoke, helo and 357 more...
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Letters
See also The Phonetic alphabet by oroboros.
aye, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, eff, gee, aitch, eye, jay, kay and 452 more...
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DYSLEXIC'S DELIGHT
Words a dyslexic can't get wrong: Palindromes
retartrater, redivider, level, noon, rotor, civic, peep, eke, deed, tenet, reviver, hannah and 145 more...
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Discovered Scrabble Words
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lovage, khaf, tititi, leet, ketol, fon, ono, dunelike, braw, bocci, lutz, fano and 132 more...
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avawake's list
elpis, transient, anon, remeet, orerry, fitfull, benediction, infinitum, ad, ananym, halcyon, bird and 93 more...
Tweets
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oroboros The sixth Hebrew letter. Jun 1, 2008