See, according to the victim, this Hebrew tattoo is supposed to have some Gematria meaning.
Gematria is the Jewish practice of converting Hebrew letters into numbers and then looking for some special meanings based on that value. This practice is of course completely bogus - you can pick and choose your results to suit your agenda, but it looks impressive enough to con the ignorant. For example, it might lead you to believe that Sarah Palin is the devil's disciple.
Back on topic, today's Hebrew tattoo is simply composed of random letters, and does not mean anything. Sure, it might convert to some number in Gematria, but who cares? In the Hebrew language this tattoo is just a pile of gibberish.
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It could, however, be a sort of odd way of spelling שמטא or שמתא...
And as a public service, that word means rag, is not in Hebrew but in Yiddish, and is generally spelled שמאטע... Gematria value 420, and equivalent (among other things) to אני אוהב אפרוחים.
(Calculation courtesy of http://www.underdogprojects.com/gematria/ - which has provided me with many hours of fun.)
So perhaps this person is simply showing the public his love for marijuana.
Ha. I also first read it as 'Dish-rag' with a tet, there as a spare, just in case. Hmm.. first 'Egg-of', then 'I ♥ baby chicks'. Can't believe I read the whole gematria link(!). Right up/down there with Astrology and Poultry-geists (sp?)
The Palin thing was a JOKE. HUMOR. HA HA.
Shin Tav Tet = 709
Mem Tav Alef = 441
All together = 750???!?!?!
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