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vav

[vahv, vawv]
–noun
1. the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
2. any of the sounds represented by this letter.
Also, vau.


Origin:
< Heb wāw lit., hook
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vav also vau or waw   (väv, vôv)   
n.  The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See Table at alphabet.

[Hebrew wāw, from Phoenician *wāw, *wō, pin (sense uncertain), sixth letter of the Phoenician alphabet.]
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