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סלע (sela) — pictograph word study

סלע

Meaning: rock, cliff, crag

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 →
ע Ayin — value 70
Eye, seeing, perception; the spring; seventy — nations of the world, elders of Israel, faces of Torah letter page →

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