<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Hebrew Characters for &amp;&quot;W&amp;&quot; and &amp;&quot;X&amp;&quot;]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.</p>
<p dir="auto">Are there any? If so, by which authority?</p>
<p dir="auto">Love is the law, love under will.</p>
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/15989/hebrew-characters-for-w-and-x</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:25:17 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://thelema.org/forum/topic/15989.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:47:56 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Hebrew Characters for &amp;&quot;W&amp;&quot; and &amp;&quot;X&amp;&quot; on Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:44:19 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.</p>
<p dir="auto">Thank you, gentlemen; you have been most helpful.</p>
<p dir="auto">Love is the law, love under will.</p>
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/post/82634</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/post/82634</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zalthos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:44:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Hebrew Characters for &amp;&quot;W&amp;&quot; and &amp;&quot;X&amp;&quot; on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:33:58 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/forum/user/zalthos" aria-label="Profile: Zalthos">@<bdi>Zalthos</bdi></a> said</p>
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<p dir="auto">"Are there any? If so, by which authority?"</p>
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<p dir="auto">The English <em>W</em> is the sound of a consonantal <em>U</em>. That is, put a <em>U</em> at the front of a word and require that you pronounce it as a consonant, not a vowel. The fictional name "Uata" then is not pronounced "Oo-ah-too," but "Watoo" (as in "watcher"). This is routine in Hebrew.</p>
<p dir="auto">In fact, it's so routine in Hebrew that some scholars - primarily those influenced by modern Hebrew - insist that the W is the <strong>primary</strong> pronunciation of a Vav (which, in fact, they pronounce "waw").</p>
<p dir="auto">In any case, the same applies as in Latin, where a single letter - which <strong>looks</strong> like the English "V" but <strong>actually is</strong> the Roman "U" - serves as U, V, and W.</p>
<p dir="auto">Regarding X: This sound does not exist in the Hebrew alphabet. There are some equivalences in other languages that make Tzaddi its cognate (and Crowley used this, most famously, in his creation of the formula of N.O.X., which he wrote as Nun, A'ayin, Tzaddi = 210). But the sound wouldn't exist as such unless you combined one of the K or Q sounds with an S.</p>
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/post/82574</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/post/82574</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Eshelman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:33:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Hebrew Characters for &amp;&quot;W&amp;&quot; and &amp;&quot;X&amp;&quot; on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:24:56 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I think you might need to specify the context of the question.</p>
<p dir="auto">If you're talking transliteration, then generally, a w could be represented by a vav. And x, could be zain or kaph-samekh or kaph-shin, depending on whether it's "x" like "xylophone" or x like "exam"</p>
<p dir="auto">If you're talking symbolism, the X is connected to the cross, which connects to both Chi (x) and tau (t) in Greek.</p>
<p dir="auto">If yo're talking gematria, then I would argue that while X was an addition to the alphabet by the greeks, it has a value in isopsephy of 60, and takes the place in the Greek alphabet of where the Hebrew samekh would be, in terms of alphabet order. Samekh also has a value of 60 gematria.</p>
<p dir="auto">If you're talking weird, then you could point out that Aleph looks like an X, and that, further, the English meaning of Aleph is "ox" with an "x"</p>
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/post/82573</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/post/82573</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Avshalom Binyamin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:24:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Hebrew Characters for &amp;&quot;W&amp;&quot; and &amp;&quot;X&amp;&quot; on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:02:49 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Vau and Tzaddi</p>
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