ש

See also: שׂ‎, ש־‎, ш, Ш, and 山

ש	U+05E9, ש HEBREW LETTER SHIN

← ר
[U+05E8]

Hebrew

ת →
[U+05EA]

HebrewEdit

A shin rendered in two different fonts.

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Semitic *šinn- (“tooth”), the source of שן‎. The association of "tooth" with this letter was the result of folk etymology and based on the corresponding Phoenician letter, 𐤔‎ (š), having a shape resembling a tooth. The letter originally depicted a composite bow, which usually has the tips curving away from the archer when unstrung.^[1]^[2]

Related to Classical Syriac ܫ‎, Arabic ش‎ (š), Phoenician 𐤔‎ (š), Aramaic ܫ‎. More at Shin.

PronunciationEdit

Homophone: ס‎

LetterEdit

ש • (sh, s)

Shin or sin: the twenty-first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after ר‎ and before ת‎.
שׁ is shin (with the shin dot above the right-hand side of the letter), representing /ʃ/

שׂ is sin (with the sin dot above the left-hand side of the letter), representing /s/
The numeral 300 in Hebrew numbering.

Coordinate termsEdit

(Hebrew script letters) א‎,‏ ב‎,‏ ג‎,‏ ד‎,‏ ה‎,‏ ו‎,‏ ז‎,‏ ח‎,‏ ט‎,‏ י‎,‏ כ‎ך‎,‏ ל‎,‏ מ‎ם‎,‏ נ‎ן‎,‏ ס‎,‏ ע‎,‏ פ‎ף‎,‏ צ‎ץ‎,‏ ק‎,‏ ר‎,‏ ש,‏ ת‎

ReferencesEdit

^ “shin”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
^ Albright, W. F. (1948). "The Early Alphabetic Inscriptions from Sinai and their Decipherment". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 110 (110): 6–22 [p. 15].

[1] “shin”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

[2] Albright, W. F. (1948). "The Early Alphabetic Inscriptions from Sinai and their Decipherment". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 110 (110): 6–22 [p. 15].

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