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Moses ben Maimon [a] (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides (/ m aɪ ˈ m ɒ n ɪ d iː z / my-MON-ih-deez) [b] and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam (Hebrew: רמב״ם), [c] was a Sephardic rabbi and philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages.
O. Cyrillic. О. Ayin (also ayn or ain; transliterated ʿ ) is the sixteenth letter of the Semitic scripts, including Phoenician ʿayin 𐤏, Hebrew ʿayin ע , Aramaic ʿē 𐡏, Syriac ʿē ܥ, and Arabic ʿayn ع (where it is sixteenth in abjadi order only). [ note 1] The letter represents a voiced pharyngeal fricative ( / ʕ /) or a ...
Niqqud. Let the waters be collected". In Hebrew orthography, niqqud or nikud ( Hebrew: נִקּוּד, Modern: nikúd, Tiberian: niqqūḏ, "dotting, pointing" or Hebrew: נְקֻדּוֹת, Modern: nekudót, Tiberian: nəquddōṯ, "dots") is a system of diacritical signs used to represent vowels or distinguish between alternative ...
May he who blessed our fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, [a] bless all this holy congregation, together with all other holy congregations: them, their wives, their sons and daughters, and all that belong to them; those also who unite to form Synagogues for prayer, and those who enter therein to pray; those who give the lamps for lighting, and wine for Kiddush and Habdalah, bread to the ...
Mathers Table from the 1912 edition of The Kabbalah Unveiled.. The Mathers table of Hebrew and "Chaldee" letters is a tabular display of the pronunciation, appearance, numerical values, transliteration, names, and symbolism of the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet appearing in The Kabbalah Unveiled, [1] S.L. MacGregor Mathers' late 19th century English translation of Kabbala Denudata ...
Amalek (/ ˈ æ m ə l ɛ k /; [1] Biblical Hebrew: עֲמָלֵק , romanized: ʿĂmālēq) is described in the Hebrew Bible as the enemy nation of the Israelites. The name "Amalek" can refer to the descendants of Amalek, the grandson of Esau, or anyone who lived in their territories in Canaan, [2] [3] [4] or North African descendants of ...
Alphabet of Rabbi Akiva ( Hebrew: אלפא-ביתא דרבי עקיבא, Alpha-Beta de-Rabbi Akiva ), otherwise known as Letters of Rabbi Akiva ( Hebrew: אותיות דרבי עקיבא, Otiot de-Rabbi Akiva [1]) or simply Alphabet or Letters, is a midrash on the names of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Two versions or portions of this ...
Lamedh. Lamedh or lamed is the twelfth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Hebrew lāmeḏ ל , Aramaic lāmaḏ 𐡋, Syriac lāmaḏ ܠ, Arabic lām ل , and Phoenician lāmd 𐤋. Its sound value is [ l] . The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Lambda (Λ), Latin L, and Cyrillic El (Л).