As you can see, it is an elaborate body tattoo, in it's center some large Hebrew lettering that gloriously spells out... Moa. What's a Moa? Your guess is as good as mine.
Friday, October 1, 2010
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Perhaps It's supposed to say OM.....
ReplyDeletePossible!
ReplyDeleteBut did he mean Om like the yoga sound, or Om like a nut (the kind you screw on bolts)?
maybe it's supposed to be MO, as in MO BEER, BRO!
ReplyDeleteOr maybe MOO, as in I LIKE STEAK; I'M ON A MUSCLE-BUILDING HIGH PROTEIN DIET?
a moa is an extinct NZ native bird - somehow i don't think that's what he wanted...
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's supposed to be אומץ, and we can't see the ץ in this photo.
ReplyDeleteReally hoping those are someone's initials, because the ink is otherwise pretty good.
ReplyDeletePerhaps a name (or nick name)? Moa is a name in Sweden at least...
ReplyDeletea moa is an extinct bird. it was huge.
ReplyDeleteinitials?
ReplyDeleteI'm going with an Acronym, as opposed to a word.
ReplyDeleteMaybe he mixed up Mem with Nun, and thought it was "Noah", although of course Noah is not Hebrew at all but an English translation for the Hebrew name "Noach".
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's supposed to say Mia and he swapped the yud for a vav.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like אור ("OR") upside down
ReplyDeleteAs an Israeli and a jew, I can tell that it is very common to make a tattoo which contains some random combination of the hebrew alphabet, as many Kabalist merchandise is sold with some explanations that this or other combination is good for xxx... and protects from yyy... and so forth.
ReplyDeleteand yes, this Mem Vav Alef - is one of them. if it works or not - it is not for us to decide.