כסף (kesef) — pictograph word study
כסף
Meaning: silver, money
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 →
Palm, covering, capacity; likeness (the prefix ke-, 'like'); twenty — the joined hands (10+10) letter page →
ס Samekh — value 60
Support, surrounding protection, the endless circle; somech noflim — He upholds the falling letter page →
Support, surrounding protection, the endless circle; somech noflim — He upholds the falling letter page →
ף Peh — value 80
Mouth, speech, breath given words; eighty — the age of Moses when his mouth was commissioned letter page →
Mouth, speech, breath given words; eighty — the age of Moses when his mouth was commissioned letter page →
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