nun
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9.9
- noun
- /nʌn/
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nun
- In Hebrew, the letter nun occupies the position corresponding to 'N' in English.
Examples
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The three root letters of emunah are aleph, mem, and nun.
Academic text (1992) -
Nun: a woman who belongs to a religious order, devoted to religious service or meditation, usually under vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.
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I kept them from trembling, kept my eyes down, like the nuns who flowed down the corridors with the scent of lilies.
Fiction book (1997) -
The hood of her slicker isolates her face like a nun's, and she moves with a trancelike stillness.
Fiction book (1992) -
From the root aleph, mem, and nun, we also obtain the noun amahn, which means "artist, expert, master craftsman."
Academic text (1992) -
The teacher pointed out that the Hebrew letter nun looks similar to a shape in the alphabet.
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During the lesson, the students learned that nun is the fourteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nun is the Hebrew letter whose name comes from an old word meaning 'fish', and that name later became our letter N, so you can remember the Hebrew nun as the 'N' that was once called 'fish'.