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Tsade - Name. Other spellings of the name include ṣāḏê, şādhê, çādhê, s`àdhê, tzadi, tzadik, tsodi, and tsodik. See Hebrew alphabet for a more detailed list of its various transliterations and pronunciations. Tsade - Pronunciation. In modern Hebrew, Tzade is pronounced as a voiceless alveolar affricate (IPA: /ʦ/). It may have been pronounced as a pharyngealized /s/ historically; Yemenite Jews still ponounce it this way.

Tsade: Encyclopedia II - Tsade - Hebrew Tsade

Tsade - Hebrew Tsade

Tsade - Name

Other spellings of the name include ṣāḏê, şādhê, çādhê, s`àdhê, tzadi, tzadik, tsodi, and tsodik. See Hebrew alphabet for a more detailed list of its various transliterations and pronunciations.

Tsade - Pronunciation

In modern Hebrew, Tzade is pronounced as a voiceless alveolar affricate (IPA: /ʦ/). It may have been pronounced as a pharyngealized /s/ historically; Yemenite Jews still ponounce it this way.

Tsade - Variations

Tzade, like Kaph, Mem, Pe, and Nun, has a final form, used at the end of words. Its shape changes from this: צ to this: ץ. The pronunciation is not changed.

Tsade - Significance

In gematria, Tzade represents the number 90. Its final form represents 900 but this is rarely used, Tav, Tav, and Qoph (400+400+100) being used instead.

A chupchik can also be placed in front of it ('צ), giving it the IPA sound /ʧ/. This is most commonly seen in the Hebrew צ'יפּסים, meaning chips.

As an abbreviation, it stands for tzaphon, North.

Tzade is also one of the seven letters which receive a special crown (called a tagin) when written in a Sefer Torah. See Shin, Ayin, Teth, Nun, Zayin, and Gimmel.