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Adjunction, infinity and hereditarily finite sets

Is

$$U_{\omega}=\Big\{x\mid\forall z\Big(\big(\emptyset\in z\wedge \forall u, v\;(u,v\in z\rightarrow\{w\mid w\in u\vee w=v\}\in z)\big)\rightarrow x\in z\Big)\Big\}$$

identical with the set $V_{\omega}$ of hereditarily finite sets, i.e. the level $\omega$ of the cumulative hierarchy?