Aramaic Letters: Zeyn

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The next letter of the Aramaic Alphabet is called Zeyn, pronounced ze-yeen. It corresponds to the Hebrew letter Zayin in the Hebrew Alphabet. The letters in the Aramaic Alphabet are almost identical to those in Hebrew, but have slightly different names and sometimes slightly different sounds.

  Aramaic audio: Listen to the sound of Zeyn.

Here is what the Aramaic letter Zeyn looks like:

Here is how to write Zeyn:



 
Zeyn is pronounced z, like the words Zebulun, zebra or xylophone. It has the Gematria (numerical value) of 7, since it is the seventh letter of the Aramaic Alphabet.

Incidentally, the sounds of the letters in the Aramaic Alphabet always come from their names. So Alap is pronounced a, Beet is pronounced b, Gamal is pronounced g, Dalat is pronounced d, Heh is h, Waw is w, Zeyn is z, and so on. Knowing this makes it much easier to remember both the names and the Aramaic letters!

Practise writing Zeyn in the grid lines below:










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