Shin (letter)
Sin or Shin ( שין ) is the twenty-first letter in the Hebrew alphabet. He has the numerical value 300 The sign represents two sounds [ ʃ ] and [ s]. A point right above the letter marked it as shin, a point on the left side as Sin. This point is generally omitted in unvokalisierten texts, which are common in modern Ivrit.
Originally it was probably referred to the Sin a sound that stood between [s ] and [ θ ]. Many Aramaic words enter Hebrew words with Taw again, where a Sin stood.
Example: שלש, Shalosh → תלת, Tlath ( The numeral "three ").
In addition, it can be assumed that originally were Sin and Shin very similar and were not distinguished from all Israelites ( → shibboleth ). As further evidence for this assumption can also be the ancient Hebrew tribal name Issachar serve, in which it is unclear whether the second Sin more like a [ ʃ ] or more like a [s ] was pronounced. Therefore, this Sin is written in the name Issachar, even in fully vocalized texts without point.
History
The Sin is a consonant, back comes the written form in the Phoenician alphabet to the stylized representation of a tooth. 's ( שן ) means ' tooth ' in Hebrew. The Greek and the Latin sigma S go back to the same origin.
Examples
- שרה - Sara ( princess)
- שטן - Satan ( enemy, adversary )
- שבת - Shabbat: Sabbath ( Latinized )
- שלמה - Schəlomo: Solomon (in modern Ivrit: " Shlomo " )
- שם - Shem: Shem
- שמש - Shemesh: sun
- שמעון - Shim'on: Simon ( " He [God ] has heard " )
- שמשון - Samson: Samson
- שמואל - Schmu'el: Samuel ( " God has heard " )
- שושנה - Schoschanna: Susanna (. Lily, umgspr Rose)