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</div>		<h1 class="firstHeading">Paamayim Nekudotayim</h1>
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<p><i>Nekudotayim</i> (נקודתיים) means 'colon'; it comes from <i>nekuda</i> (IPA: <span title="Pronunciation in IPA" class="IPA">[nəkuda]</span>), 'point' or '<a href="/wiki/Dot" title="Dot">dot</a>', and the <a href="/wiki/Dual_grammatical_number" title="Dual grammatical number">dual</a> <a href="/wiki/Suffix" title="Suffix">suffix</a> <i>ayim</i> (יים-), hence 'two points'. Similarly, the word <i>paamayim</i> (פעמיים) is derived by attaching the dual suffix to <i>paam</i> (IPA: <span title="Pronunciation in IPA" class="IPA">[paʔam]</span>) ('one time' or 'once'), thus yielding 'twice'.</p>
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<li><a href="/wiki/PHP" title="PHP">PHP</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Scope_%28programming%29" title="Scope (programming)">Scope (programming)</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Name_resolution" title="Name resolution">Name resolution</a>, which includes a discussion of scope resolution</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Niqqud" title="Niqqud">Niqqud</a> on the vowel points used in Hebrew writing</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.paamayim-nekudotayim.php" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.paamayim-nekudotayim.php">[1]</a> PHP5 OOP Manual chapter that explains the Paamayim Nekudotayim</li>
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