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  2. Jewish symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Represents the two tablets on which the Ten Commandments were inscribed at Mount Sinai. Lion of Judah: The Tanakh compares the tribes of Judah and Dan to lions: "Judah is a lion's whelp." [2] Often a pair of lions appear as heraldic supporters, especially of the Tablets of Law. Modern Symbol Image History and usage Chai (symbol) "Life" in ...

  3. Moai - Wikipedia

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    The more recent moai had pukao on their heads, which represent the topknot of the chieftains. According to local tradition, the mana was preserved in the hair. The pukao were carved out of red scoria, a very light rock from a quarry at Puna Pau. Red itself is considered a sacred color in Polynesia.

  4. Chai (symbol) - Wikipedia

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    According to The Jewish Daily Forward, its use as an amulet originates in 18th century Eastern Europe. [1] Chai as a symbol goes back to medieval Spain.Letters as symbols in Jewish culture go back to the earliest Jewish roots, the Talmud states that the world was created from Hebrew letters which form verses of the Torah.

  5. Tiki - Wikipedia

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    Moai, a monolithic human figure on Easter Island, sometimes erroneously called tiki; Tiki culture, a 20th-century decorative style used in Polynesian-themed restaurants; Taotao, similar carvings of ancestral and nature spirits in the Philippine islands; Totem pole, artworks similar in shape and purpose from Cascadian cultures; Chemamull ...

  6. Prefixes in Hebrew - Wikipedia

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    There are several prefixes in the Hebrew language which are appended to regular words to introduce a new meaning. In Hebrew, the letters that form those prefixes are called "formative letters" (Hebrew: אוֹתִיּוֹת הַשִּׁמּוּשׁ, Otiyot HaShimush).

  7. Moyai statue - Wikipedia

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    The word moyai is a pun between the word "moai" and the stem form of two Japanese verbs: 舫い (moyai, to secure a boat), and 催合い, (moyai, to come together, to work as a group). The second of these verbs is currently a dialectal word chiefly used in Niijima, though historically it was a part of everyday Japanese.

  8. List of Jewish prayers and blessings - Wikipedia

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    'H/h' are used to represent both he, an English h sound as in "hat"; and ḥes, a voiceless pharyngeal fricative ħ equivalent to Arabic ح. Whenever 'ḥ' is used, it refers to ḥet. Resh is represented by an 'r,' though it's equivalent to Spanish 'r,' Spanish 'rr,' or French 'r,' depending on one's dialect.

  9. Niqqud - Wikipedia

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    In Hebrew orthography, niqqud or nikud (Hebrew: נִקּוּד, Modern: nikúd, Tiberian: niqqūḏ, "dotting, pointing" or Hebrew: נְקֻדּוֹת, Modern: nekudót, Tiberian: nəquddōṯ, "dots") is a system of diacritical signs used to represent vowels or distinguish between alternative pronunciations of letters of the Hebrew alphabet.