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אבן (even) — pictograph word study

אבן

Meaning: stone, rock, weight

Letter by letter — the ancient pictures

א Alef — value 1
Oneness, primacy, the Master (aluph means chief); paradoxically silent — the source before all sound letter page →
ב Bet — value 2
House, household, within-ness; duality (2) — the first letter that can contain something letter page →
ן Nun — value 50
Fish, life multiplying, faithfulness (ne'eman); fifty — Jubilee, freedom, Shavuot's fiftieth day letter page →

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