ישן (yashen) — pictograph word study
ישן
Meaning: sleep; old
Letter by letter — the ancient pictures
י Yod — value 10
The hand, the deed; the point of essence; ten — completion of the units, the congregation (minyan), the commandments letter page →
The hand, the deed; the point of essence; ten — completion of the units, the congregation (minyan), the commandments letter page →
ש Shin — value 300
Fire, teeth, transformation; the letter of Shaddai on every mezuzah and in the priestly hands; three hundred — Gideon's refined company letter page →
Fire, teeth, transformation; the letter of Shaddai on every mezuzah and in the priestly hands; three hundred — Gideon's refined company letter page →
ן Nun — value 50
Fish, life multiplying, faithfulness (ne'eman); fifty — Jubilee, freedom, Shavuot's fiftieth day letter page →
Fish, life multiplying, faithfulness (ne'eman); fifty — Jubilee, freedom, Shavuot's fiftieth day letter page →