Hebrew Letters: Zayin

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The next letter of the Hebrew Alphabet is called Zayin, pronounced za-yeen.

  Hebrew audio: Listen to the sound of Zayin.

Here is what the Hebrew letter Zayin looks like:

Here is how to write Zayin:



 
Zayin is pronounced z, like the words Zebulun, zebra or xylophone. It has the Gematria (numerical value) of 7, since it is the seventh letter of the Hebrew Alphabet.

Incidentally, the sounds of the letters in the Hebrew Alphabet always come from their names. So Aleph is pronounced a, Bet is pronounced b, Gimel is pronounced g, Dalet is pronounced d, Heh is h, Vav is v, Zayin is z, and so on. Knowing this makes it much easier to remember both the names and the Hebrew letters!

Practise writing Zayin in the grid lines below:










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