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From: "Dr. Joel M. Hoffman" <joel AT exc.com>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [b-hebrew] numbers
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 10:58:46 -0400 (EDT)

Hi all,

I have often wondered why the relatively rare letter SIN/SHIN is so
ubiquitous in the Hebrew numbers, occurring in 8 out of the ten
numbers 1-10, and actually ocurring TWICE in two of those numbers.

Does anyone have any idea why?

-Joel

[b-hebrew] numbers, Dr. Joel M. Hoffman, 07/27/2005