Definition of "waw" []

• Variant of vav. (noun)

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• "The original says "and a tower," but without a doubt, the major purpose was the tower, therefore we have here the so-called waw speciale -- "and in particular.""
• "Yes, in biblical Hebrew the sentences start with "waw"vav literally translated as "and.""
• "The 30 volumes of Ibn 'Aashoor's tafseer (mentioned in the "Don't be a hater" post) can be downloaded as scanned PDFs from i'm curious about the use of "waw" (and)."