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Zadkiel

Hebrew, “Tzadiqiel,” “Righteousness of God” or “Grace of God.” Rabbinical tradition considers him to be the angel of mercy. Some Rabbinical traditions hold that Zadkiel is the angel of YHVH. 4 Moses states that he was “from the first day of creation” (4 Moses 30:7). Zenos 9 implies that he is John the Baptist and opened the sixth seal at the death of Jesus.

Zayin/7

Zayin (or zain, or zayn, or zay) is the seventh letter the Hebrew Alphabet. It signifies the number seven, or 7,000 in years. Shaped like a sword, Zayin is a paradoxical word. It means “sword,” or “weapon,” yet is derived from a root word meaning “nourishment,” or “substance.” This seemingly contradictory riddle is solved, however, as we are nourished by the sword of truth found within the Word of God (Ephesians 6:17). This allows Zayin to be the symbol of spirit, sustenance, and struggle. 
Representing the seventh day, the Sabbath, Zayin brings us rest and spirituality, the completion of teshuvah, the 7 days of our spiritual creation. Signifying both the six days and six directions of physical reality, it also adds a unique seventh principle; the spirit within that activates everything physical. Thus Zayin represents the source of all movement; the impregnating principle, bringing to life all creation. Yet is is also the source of rest. 
Zayin is drawn with a crown, representing the direct light of the Creator coming down to the physical world. Zayin represents the struggle between opposites, the struggle for sustenance, the struggle for existence. It reminds us of the very struggle between our worldly nature, and the God created spirits within as we reject worldliness (Egoism) for Godliness (altruism). It helps us find the balance needed to harmonize between the natural and the spiritual. It helps us understand the need for a day of rest after six days of working on teshuvah. and the creation within.

Zion

Hebrew, “Tsiyyon” or “Tzion,” meaning “marking.” It is also a transliteration of Sion. In Jewish law, if something is found with identifiable makings, that object must be returned to the owner. This would indicate that we, as the Church, belong to God by our marking as Zion, from the Mother through the Son. 
In Arabic, Zion means “defend.” Zion is used as a name for Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5:7). In Jerusalem there is also a mountain, Mount Zion. In Kabbalah Zion is the spiritual point from which reality emerges. This Zion is located in the Holy of Holies, the connection point between God, the Creator, and mankind, the creation. 
Therefore, Zion is also Eden, as the Holy of Holies represents the garden of Eden. 
In the Latter Day Saint movement Zion is God's peaceful and mankind's ideal society. Because of this, the term is most often used to an idea, as the future gathering place or city of the Saints. 
See 1 Moses 9:49 & 64, 13:38-39, 16:9; 2 Moses 27:13-14; Psalms 50:2 Isaiah 2:3, 51:1, 52:8; 1 Nephi 3:187 RAV, 13:37a OPV; Mosiah 8:67 RAV. 15:29 OPV; 3 Nephi 7:43b RAV, 16:18 OPV, 9:86 RAV, 21:1 OPV; Revelation 14:1 Avahr 16:15; Doctrines of the Saints 26c:79-87,

Ziv

Hebrew for “light,” or “glow,” Ziv is the Second month on the Hebrew calendar, called Iyar today. Iyar is the eighth civil month today. Ziv/Iyar is called the month of natural healing. 
Ziv/Iyar occurs in April–May on the Gregorian calendar.