vav

noun

variant spelling of waw

: the 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet see Alphabet Table

Examples of vav in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web What’s visible is the letter bet, then a gap about two letters long, where the stone was destroyed, followed by two more letters, a vav and then, less clearly, a dalet. Chanan Tigay, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2023

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“Vav.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vav. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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