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Limericks on ayin

Limerick #8768 ayin
By mephistopheles
Revised: 12 May 2005

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Status: approved
Topics: Languages: Hebrew
On the back of a gimel, he rode.
Through his door (or his daleth) he strode,
Where a thief with a zayin
Stabbed him right in the ayin,
So he died in his beth, his abode.
Hebrew letters are named after the objects they depict in a stylized way. Some examples: aleph (ox), gimel (camel), daleth (door), zayin (sword), ayin (eye), beth (house). The use of these symbols in written language is discussed in aleph.
Limerick #104187 alphabet
The following should be read after Lesson One in the Hebrew alphabet.
Kaph, lamed, mem, nun; then (don't scoff)
Samekh, ayin, peh, tsade and qoph;
Resh and vulnerable shin
(Move the dot, it's a sin);
And we finish with tav. Now, clear off!
Fast learners may wish to attempt a single lesson in the complete Hebrew alphabet.
Limerick #63202 Hebrew alphabet
Aleph, bet, gimel, dalet, then heh;
Vav, then zayin, het, tet, yod; — oy vey!
Then kaph, lamed, mem, nun,
Samekh, ayin; peh's soon;
Tsade, qoph, resh, shin, tav. Done! Hooray!
These are the principal transliterations of the names of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet.