סלח (salach) — pictograph word study

סלח

Meaning: forgive, pardon

Letter by letter — the ancient pictures

ס Samekh — value 60
Support, surrounding protection, the endless circle; somech noflim — He upholds the falling letter page →

ל Lamed — value 30
Learning, teaching, the shepherd's staff and ox-goad; aspiration — the tallest letter, the tower of the alphabet letter page →

ח Chet — value 8
Life (chai = 18 = twice chet's letters chet-yod), fence, enclosure; eight — the number beyond nature's seven letter page →

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