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ריב (riv) — pictograph word study

ריב

Meaning: strive, contend; dispute, lawsuit

Letter by letter — the ancient pictures

ר Resh — value 200
Head, beginning, chief; the person; two hundred — the poor man (rash) and the chief (rosh) spelled by one letter's fortunes 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 →
ב Bet — value 2
House, household, within-ness; duality (2) — the first letter that can contain something letter page →

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