שׁ
ORIGINALRH-030
Hebrew Letters · The Hebrew Letters
Shin
RH-030HebrewSquare Hebrew script and Masoretic reading notation
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
שׁ
Transliterationshin
Plain meaningShin — sh
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
Shin
The base letter ש receives a dot on the right when it is read sh. This form is called Shin. The dot is part of how the reader distinguishes Shin from Sin, which uses the same base letter with the dot on the left.
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shin
READINGApproved transliteration
Shin — sh
MEANINGHebrew
EXAMPLES
Examples supplied by the approved curriculum.
שָׁלוֹם — shalom — peace · רֹאשׁ — rosh — head
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