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חלב (chalav) — pictograph word study

חלב

Meaning: milk; fat, best part

Letter by letter — the ancient pictures

ח Chet — value 8
Life (chai = 18 = twice chet's letters chet-yod), fence, enclosure; eight — the number beyond nature's seven letter page →
ל Lamed — value 30
Learning, teaching, the shepherd's staff and ox-goad; aspiration — the tallest letter, the tower of the alphabet letter page →
ב Bet — value 2
House, household, within-ness; duality (2) — the first letter that can contain something letter page →

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