The letters resemble Hebrew but are not strained or distorted. They’re elegant and surrounded by a pattern of the Hebrew letter ayin (ע) above engravings of the 12 tribes of Israel.

Hebrew letters have corresponding numerical values, and “yud,” as the 10th letter of the aleph-bet, means 10. And “Midnights” just so happens to be Swift’s 10th album. Kirschen suggests ...