כנף (kanaf) — pictograph word study

כנף

Meaning: wing, edge, corner of garment

Letter by letter — the ancient pictures

כ Kaf — value 20
Palm, covering, capacity; likeness (the prefix ke-, 'like'); twenty — the joined hands (10+10) letter page →

נ Nun — value 50
Fish, life multiplying, faithfulness (ne'eman); fifty — Jubilee, freedom, Shavuot's fiftieth day letter page →

ף Peh — value 80
Mouth, speech, breath given words; eighty — the age of Moses when his mouth was commissioned letter page →

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