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Translingual
Description
The Magen David: a hexagram (six-pointed star formed by overlapping two equilateral triangles).
Etymology
The precise origin of the use of it as a Jewish symbol remains unknown, but it apparently emerged in the context of medieval Jewish protective amulets (segulot). The Jewish Encyclopedia cites a 12th-century Karaite document as the earliest Jewish literary source to mention the symbol.[1]
Symbol
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- Judaism or Jewish identity.
- (cartography) marks a synagogue.
Usage notes
This shape is generically called a hexagram, which has a wider array of definitions, but this specific variant is used as the Star of David.
References
- ^ "Magen Dawid", Jewish Encyclopida , retrieved 2010 May 28.