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CHAPTER 10 THE HUMAN BODY

CHAPTER 10

The Human Body

There are several features that characterize Hebrew words relating to parts of the

human body. They may generally be typified by the following:

• Hebrew letters are often named after parts of the human body.
• Hebrew names of parts of the human body are often informative of their
mutual relationships with one another.
• Hebrew names of parts of the human body are often informative of main
visible, or hidden, functions, some of which could hardly be known in
ancient times.

In this chapter, we discuss these properties and demonstrate them.

10.1 Hebrew Letters as Parts of the Human Body

It is indeed unusual to find so many of the Hebrew letters named after parts of

the human body, either by carrying identical names or close ones. As explained in
chapter 1, each letter’s name is indicative of its major function within a Hebrew
word. It may therefore come as no surprise that this function frequently bears
resemblance to the main function of the part of the human body, after which the
letter is named.
Following is a list of all Hebrew letters, arranged in alphabetical order,
which are given names identical to those of parts of the human body, or closely
resemble these names (there are six such letters, with their numerical values in
parentheses):

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