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Zayin has the same sound as “z” as in “zoo”. Every line in Psalm 119:49-56 starts with this letter. Zayin looks like this:</p> <p style="text-align: center"><img data-attachment-id="17858" data-permalink="https://dinahoverlien.com/2020/05/20/zayin/zayin2/#main" data-orig-file="https://dinahoverlien.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/zayin2-e1589898197994.png" data-orig-size="283,298" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="zayin2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://dinahoverlien.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/zayin2-e1589898197994.png?w=283" data-large-file="https://dinahoverlien.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/zayin2-e1589898197994.png?w=283" class=" size-full wp-image-17858 aligncenter" src="https://dinahoverlien.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/zayin2-e1589898197994.png?w=594" alt="zayin2" srcset="https://dinahoverlien.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/zayin2-e1589898197994.png 283w, https://dinahoverlien.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/zayin2-e1589898197994.png?w=142&h=150 142w" sizes="(max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px" /></p> <p>Seven is an important number in the Jewish tradition, indicating perfection and completeness. The word “seven” appears over 500 times in the Bible, beginning with Genesis 2:2-3, “And on the <em>seventh</em> day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the <em>seventh</em> day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the <em>seventh</em> day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.” Thus began cycles of seven that have been repeated ever since.</p> <p style="text-align: center">In the words of Jewish sages,<br /> “All sevens are dear.”</p> <p style="text-align: left">It is no coincidence, then, that there is a seven tone scale — do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti. There are seven colors in the rainbow and there are seven openings in our heads.</p> <p style="text-align: center">Oy veh.<br /> I could go on and on, but that’s a blog post for another day.<br /> Suffice it to say:<br /> because Zayin is the seventh letter, it holds great significance.<br /> For believers in Messiah Jesus, this significance is amplified.</p> <p>Last week, we learned about the sixth letter “Vav”, which is connected to mankind because Adam was created on the sixth day. Zayin looks a lot like Vav, except it has a crown on its head, so this letter is a picture of a man with a crown. That’s our Jesus.</p> <p>Zayin is also regarded as an image of a sword with the tip pointed down and the hilt on top. The sword also represents Jesus, our Overcomer, defeating death and sin. Now we have access to the “<em>sword</em> of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” <em>(Eph. 6:17)</em></p> <p>The Victor ascends and the sword turns into a royal scepter — “But of the Son he says, ‘Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the <em>scepter</em> of uprightness is the <em>scepter</em> of your kingdom.'” <em>(Heb. 1:8)</em> King Jesus holds out His scepter to welcome us to the throne. “Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence.”<em> (Heb. 4:16)</em></p> <p style="text-align: center">The Hebrew word “remember” starts with the letter Zayin,<br /> which is a theme in Psalm 119:49-56.</p> <p style="text-align: center">I need to remember<br /> there is a crown,<br /> and He’s wearing it.<br /> There is a throne,<br /> and He’s on it.<br /> There is a sword,<br /> and it’s sitting on my desk.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><img data-attachment-id="17860" data-permalink="https://dinahoverlien.com/2020/05/20/zayin/zayin/#main" data-orig-file="https://dinahoverlien.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/zayin.png" data-orig-size="1024,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="zayin" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://dinahoverlien.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/zayin.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://dinahoverlien.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/zayin.png?w=594" class=" wp-image-17860 aligncenter" src="https://dinahoverlien.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/zayin.png?w=358&h=358" alt="zayin" width="358" height="358" srcset="https://dinahoverlien.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/zayin.png?w=358&h=358 358w, https://dinahoverlien.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/zayin.png?w=716&h=716 716w, https://dinahoverlien.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/zayin.png?w=150&h=150 150w, https://dinahoverlien.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/zayin.png?w=300&h=300 300w" sizes="(max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px" /></p> <p>Next: My favorite word in the Bible that starts with “G”.</p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-rating-enabled sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing"><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-facebook"><div class="fb-share-button" data-href="https://dinahoverlien.com/2020/05/20/zayin/" data-layout="button_count"></div></li><li class="share-pinterest"><div class="pinterest_button"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdinahoverlien.com%2F2020%2F05%2F20%2Fzayin%2F&media=https%3A%2F%2Fdinahjean.files.wordpress.com%2F2020%2F05%2Fzayin2-e1589898197994.png&description=Zayin" data-pin-do="buttonPin" data-pin-config="beside"><img src="//assets.pinterest.com/images/pidgets/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png" /></a></div></li><li class="share-end"></li></ul></div></div></div><div class='sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-post-wrapper-11300877-17837-67b37477bc5f6' data-src='//widgets.wp.com/likes/index.html?ver=20250217#blog_id=11300877&post_id=17837&origin=dinahjean.wordpress.com&obj_id=11300877-17837-67b37477bc5f6&domain=dinahoverlien.com' data-name='like-post-frame-11300877-17837-67b37477bc5f6' data-title='Like or Reblog'><div class='likes-widget-placeholder post-likes-widget-placeholder' style='height: 55px;'><span class='button'><span>Like</span></span> <span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> <div id='jp-relatedposts' class='jp-relatedposts' > <h3 class="jp-relatedposts-headline"><em>Related</em></h3> </div></div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> This entry was posted in <a href="https://dinahoverlien.com/category/the-long-song-psalm-119/" rel="category tag">The Long Song: Psalm 119</a> and tagged <a href="https://dinahoverlien.com/tag/aleph-bet/" rel="tag">Aleph-Bet</a>, <a href="https://dinahoverlien.com/tag/alphabet/" rel="tag">alphabet</a>, <a href="https://dinahoverlien.com/tag/psalm-119/" rel="tag">Psalm 119</a>, <a href="https://dinahoverlien.com/tag/zayin/" rel="tag">Zayin</a>. 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