Lamedh
Twelfth letter of many Semitic alphabets / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lamedh or lamed is the twelfth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Hebrew lāmeḏ ל, Aramaic lāmaḏ 𐡋, Syriac lāmaḏ ܠ, Arabic lām ل, and Phoenician lāmd 𐤋. Its sound value is [l].
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Lamedh | |
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Phoenician | 𐤋 |
Hebrew | ל |
Aramaic | 𐡋 |
Syriac | ܠ |
Arabic | ل |
Phonemic representation | l, ɫ |
Position in alphabet | 12 |
Numerical value | 30 |
Alphabetic derivatives of the Phoenician | |
Greek | Λ |
Latin | L |
Cyrillic | Л |
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The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Lambda (Λ), Latin L, and Cyrillic El (Л).