Description
Offered here is an original limited edition silkscreen print depicting the Hebrew alphabet in chapbook style illustration by Diane Palley. It is signed and dated 2007. It measures 23 x 24 as framed. This artwork is a perfect gift for a young person, to celebrate a Bar / Bat Mitzvah, or for anyone interested in the Hebrew language.
Hebrew Alef Bet
ืืืฃ ืืืช ื โ
The 22 letters read from right to left as follows:
Aleph
Otiyot (ืืืืืืช : letters), Ari (ืืจื : lion), Ayeel (ืืืื : ram), Agas (ืืืืก : pear)
Bet
Berashit (ืืจืฉืื : beginning), Barvaz (ืืจืืื : duck)
Gimel
Geshem (ืืฉื : rain), Gal (ืื : wave)
Daled
Dror (ืืจืืจ : liberty), Isaiah: โAnd proclaim liberty throughout the landโ
Hay
Havdalah (ืืืืื : ceremony at the end of Shabbat)
Vav
Vered (ืืจื : rose)
Zayin
Zeโev (ืืื : wolf), Zayit (ืืืืืช : olive)
Het
Hasidah (ืืกืืื : stork, symbol of compassion), Hanukkah (ืื ืืื)
Tet
Teneh (ืื : basket), Talit (ืืืืช : prayer shawl)
Yod
Yad (ืื : hand), Yonah (ืืื ื : dove)
Kaf
Kohav (ืืืื : star), Keter (ืืชืจ : crown)
Lamed
Lehem (ืืื : bread), Litaโah (ืืืื : lizard)
Mem
Mazel (ืืื : luck), (Hamsa : Middle Eastern symbol of luck)
Nun
Nesher (ื ืฉืจ : eagle), Nemar (ื ืืืจ : tiger)
Sameh
Seder Plate (ืฆืืืช ืืื ืืกืืจ)
Ayin
Aytz Hayim (ืืืืฅ ืืืื : tree of life)
Pay
Parpar (ืคืืจืคืจ : butterfly)
Tzadee
Tzvi (ืฆืื : deer), Tzedakah (ืฆืืงื : donation box)
Koof
Kof (ืงืืฃ : monkey)
Resh
Rosh Hodesh (ืจืืฉ ืืืืฉ : new moon/month), Rimon (ืจืืืื : pomegranate)
Shin
Shโon (ืฉืื : clock), Shabbat Shalom (ืฉืืช ืฉืืื : โpeaceful sabbathโ)
Tav
Torah (ืชืืจื : Jewish learning), Tiโana (ืชืื ื : fig), Tuki (ืชืืื : parrot), Tarnagol (ืชืจื ืืื : rooster)
