: the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet see Alphabet Table
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In the Hebrew language, the guttural letters ayin and chet often interchange, rendering litz’ok and litzchok the same.—Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Jan. 2022 The visible writing shows the letters yod, resh, bet, ayin and lamed, with remnants of other characters suggesting the original message was longer.—Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2021
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