Hebrew Letter Shin Image. The 21st hebrew letter is shin which looks a bit like our english alphabet w. The arms of the shin are perpetually reaching up to receive those waters.
Understanding the letters provides essential insight into the deeper meanings of the torah or the bible. See more ideas about hebrew letters, paleo hebrew, aleph bet. Hebrew (and yiddish) uses a different alphabet than english.the picture to the right illustrates the hebrew alphabet, in hebrew alphabetical order.
The pictogram, or symbol, behind the shape of the letter shin is flames of fire.
A vav at the start of a hebrew word almost always means “and”. 4 of the 5 have lines below extending where they would normally end the letter. The numeric value of vav is six. When used as a prefix, the letter shin becomes the word “that” or “who.”