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נביא (navi) — pictograph word study

נביא

Meaning: prophet, spokesman

Letter by letter — the ancient pictures

נ Nun — value 50
Fish, life multiplying, faithfulness (ne'eman); fifty — Jubilee, freedom, Shavuot's fiftieth day letter page →
ב Bet — value 2
House, household, within-ness; duality (2) — the first letter that can contain something letter page →
י Yod — value 10
The hand, the deed; the point of essence; ten — completion of the units, the congregation (minyan), the commandments letter page →
א Alef — value 1
Oneness, primacy, the Master (aluph means chief); paradoxically silent — the source before all sound letter page →

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