These are some the attributes:
- Order or position in the alphabet: 6
- A number value: 6
- A meaning using notarikon (splitting it into smaller parts): An idea (yod) י spoken (descends to man) ו
- The meaning of it's name: hook, nail
- The number of it's name: 12 : 3
- The formation of the name: 'and'
- The gate (a reversal gives an opposite sense): palindrome
- Memory [1]: 'and'
- Vav - clarifies
- Vav - joins two
- Vav - separates two