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Gimel, Zayin, Yud. What message do these Hebrew letters abbreviate?
First person to answer what those letters abbreviate and whose ring were they engraved on, wins.
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- skepsisLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
It's already been answered:
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Solomon had a ring..."Gam zeh ya'avor"
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HUGS AND KISSES is a term for a sequence of the letters X and O, e.g. XOXO, typically used to express affection or good friendship at the end of a written letter or email. It is debatable which letter represents which act. The most common interpretation assumes that X represents the four lips of a kiss and O the four arms of a hug. For example, the Oxford English Dictionary states that X is "used to represent a kiss, esp. in the subscription to a letter.". A less common interpretation assumes X as the crossed arms of a hug and O as the puckered lips of a kiss. Additionally, there is a more simple interpretation, based on the pronunciation of the letters X (sounds like 'kiss') and O (sounds like 'hold', as in 'I hold you'). Some celebrities sign an autograph and add "xoxo" to their signature in order to express love to a fan. The use of XOXO goes back to the use of an X or cross, which was considered as good as a sworn oath in times before most people could write and therefore used the X in the same way a signature is used today — a mark of one's word. An X at the end of a letter or document was often kissed as a seal of honesty, in much the same way one would kiss a Bible or kiss the fingers after making the sign of the Christian cross. Thus the X came to represent a kiss in modern times. The "X" was also the ancient Paleo Hebrew letter Tav, and was a symbol of the Seal of Hashem (God) and it represented truth, completeness, and perfection. The origins of the O as a hug are not generally known, although it is speculated that it may represent the arms wrapped around someone being hugged.-