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In summary, dependent on how closely related two organs are, they share

either the first letter or the last letter or the last two letters. If the Hebrew language
judges one part to be indeed a component of the other—two letters are shared
(like in the two examples given). More remote relationships may result in sharing
of only one letter (at the head or at the end of the word).

10.3 Hebrew Names with Revealed (Hidden) Information
10.3.1 Face

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The Hebrew word for face is panim. It has several interesting features. While
“face” in English is singular, it is given in plural form in Hebrew (-im indicates
the plural for masculine gender). In modern Hebrew, the singular pan conveys the
meaning of “respect” or “aspect” (as in “this statement has several aspects to it”).

One may ponder the good justification for denoting “face” as plural.
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The same letters comprising panim, though with different vocalization, is
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pnim, which means also “inside.” (The biblical Hebrew does not have letters
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serving as vowels; this function is reserved for the nikud the signs above and
below the letters, which deliver the vocalization of the word.) One may again
ponder the appropriateness of calling a “face” by the same word as “inside”: there
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is no other human organ more appropriate than the panim to surrender one’s
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pnim, the internal feelings and thoughts (a dog’s tail serves the same function,
nearly …)
10.3.2 Ear

A major function of the human ear is to hear. This is anyone’s experience. However,
an additional major function, perhaps somewhat less widely recognized, is that the
ear is residence for a complex mechanism that keeps the body balanced. That the
inner ear is responsible for this major function was not recognized until the mid-
nineteenth century. As conveyed to us by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute s
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“Ask a Scientist” service (http://www.hhmi.org/askascientist/index.html; Our
appreciation for this service), one cannot indicate a particular individual for
the discovery of the balance mechanism within the ear. Many contributed to its
gradual discovery over the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth
century.

In 1914, Robert Bárány was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work, among other

things, on the vestibular apparatus the balance mechanism in the human ear. In his
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Nobel lecture (September 11, 1916), Bárány gave an account of the history of the research