Qoph
Nineteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Semitic letter. For the band, see Qoph (band).
"Kuf" redirects here. For other uses, see KUF (disambiguation).
Qoph is the nineteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician qōp 𐤒, Hebrew qūp̄ ק, Aramaic qop 𐡒, Syriac qōp̄ ܩ, and Arabic qāf ق.
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Qoph | |
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Phoenician | 𐤒 |
Hebrew | ק |
Aramaic | 𐡒 |
Syriac | ܩ |
Arabic | ق |
Phonemic representation | q, g, ʔ, k |
Position in alphabet | 19 |
Numerical value | 100 |
Alphabetic derivatives of the Phoenician | |
Greek | Ϙ, Φ |
Latin | Q |
Cyrillic | Ҁ, Ф |
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Its original sound value was a West Semitic emphatic stop, presumably [kʼ]. In Hebrew numerals, it has the numerical value of 100.