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S vs Phylacteries - What's the difference?

s | phylacteries |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun phylacteries is

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s

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)

Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    phylacteries

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • * New Testament, Matthew 23:5 [http://net.bible.org/passage.php?passage=mat+23:5]
    • They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long.''
  • * R. Eliezer, Talmud: Sabbath; Circumcision [http://www.totse.com/en/religion/judaism/talmudsabbathc179054.html]
    • It once happened that the government promulgated a decree by which all Israelites who would use Tephillin (phylacteries') were to be decapitated. This Elisha donned his '''phylacteries''' and went out into the market. He was seen by a casdor (qu?stor), and the latter pursued him. Seeing that he could not escape, Elisha took the ' phylacteries from his head and carried them in his hand. When questioned by the qu?stor what he carried in his hand, he replied: "Wings of doves."

    References

    Mack, Edward. Nextbible, 2005. Phylacteries. [http://net.bible.org/dictionary.php?word=Phylactery]

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