= line used for measuring the size of an object; sometimes used in a figurative sense in the context of moral and ethical standards

literally: measuring line; hence, possibly: = the dimensions of an object, as if determined with the help of a measuring line

literally: line, extended to: string (of an instrument); hence, possibly: = the music produced by a stringed instrument

meaning unsure; possibly: = state in which a nation is described as strong and powerful

= the letters tsade and qoph of the Hebrew alphabet recited as part of a kind of nursery rhyme; associated with childish behavior and therefore looked upon with contempt