Samekh
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Samekh is the fifteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician sāmek 𐤎, Hebrew sāmeḵ ס, Aramaic samek 𐡎, and Syriac semkaṯ ܣ.
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Samekh | |
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Phoenician | 𐤎 |
Hebrew | ס |
Aramaic | 𐡎 |
Syriac | ܣ |
Arabic | - |
Phonemic representation | s |
Position in alphabet | 15 |
Numerical value | 60 |
Alphabetic derivatives of the Phoenician | |
Greek | Ξ |
Latin | - |
Cyrillic | Ѯ |
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Samekh represents a voiceless alveolar fricative /s/. In the Hebrew language, the samekh has the same pronunciation as the left-dotted shin.
The numerical value of samekh is 60.