Hint: You use three of them when you use the net.
2006-12-08 08:05:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The letter "Shin" (sometimes called "Sin", ש) represents "tooth" ("shen" in Hebrew) for its serrated shape. It is of Phoenician origin.
It has got nothing to do with the English-Latin letter W, and definitely not with the English word "sin".
2006-12-09 03:48:45 · answer #1 · answered by yotg 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's NOT a "double-u"! It doesn't "represent" SIN. It IS the letter "sin". It just looks like a "w" to you because you don't know your aleph-bet.
2006-12-08 08:15:25 · answer #2 · answered by skepsis 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The name of the letter is "Shin" and it represents fire, not sin. The letter corresponding to "w" is "Vau" and it is a pictorial representation of a nail.
2006-12-08 08:19:12 · answer #3 · answered by enslavementality 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Shin looks like a "W" ?
2006-12-08 08:15:41 · answer #4 · answered by *~SoL~ * Pashaa del Ñuñcaa. 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-08 08:10:09 · answer #5 · answered by thewirelessguy999 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-08 08:08:30 · answer #6 · answered by willow_raevynwood 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋