I've known that the Book of the Revelation of St. John is one big-ass Qabalistic cipher for about 5 years now, but I never knew that bit about Nero. Fascinating.
BTW, 'ayin isn't necessarily silent. In standard Hebrew it's a voiced pharyngeal fricative (ʕ in IPA), but Jews of European descent usually pronounce it as a glottal stop before a vowel.
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Date: 2006-06-07 12:29 am (UTC)BTW, 'ayin isn't necessarily silent. In standard Hebrew it's a voiced pharyngeal fricative (ʕ in IPA), but Jews of European descent usually pronounce it as a glottal stop before a vowel.