• Samekh (redirect from 𐤎)
    is the fifteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician sāmek 𐤎, Hebrew sāmeḵ ס‎, Aramaic samek 𐡎, Syriac semkaṯ ܣ, and Arabic sīn س (in...
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    [king of Ki-] 3 [...𐤕𐤉 -ty 𐤅𐤀𐤃𐤉𐤋 wʾdyl [𐤎]𐤌𐤋 [s]ml 𐤀𐤔 ʾz [𐤉𐤕𐤍 [ytn...] [...𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤃𐤉𐤋 [𐤎]𐤌𐤋 𐤀𐤔 [𐤉𐤕𐤍 -ty wʾdyl [s]ml ʾz [ytn.....
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  • and that sīn is derived from Phoenician šīn 𐤔 rather than Phonecian sāmek 𐤎, but it corresponds exclusively to Arabic س Sīn when comparing etymologically...
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    In Unicode U+0058, U+0078 Alphabetical position 24 History Development 𓊽 𐤎 𐤎 𐊑 𐊐 𐊐 X x Time period ~−700 to present Descendants × ⨘ ⨉ ⨯ ✗ ☒ ꭓ X̧ Sisters...
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  • Lamed ל ל 𐤋 Mem מ מ 𐤌 Final Mem ם ם Nun נ נ 𐤍 Final Nun ן ן Samekh ס ס 𐤎 Ayin ע ע 𐤏 Pe פ פ 𐤐 Final Pe ף ף Tsadi צ צ 𐤑 , Final Tsadi ץ ץ Qof ק ק...
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    ḏ3, d ዘ /z/ z *z [z] ز z /z/ ż /z/ 𐎇 z 𐡆 ܖ z *s [s] س s /s/ s /s/ s 𐎒 s 𐤎 /t͡s/ s ס s /s/ /s/ ࠎ s /s/ 𐡎 ܤ s ሰ /s/ s *š [ʃ] š 𐎌 š 𐤔 /ʃ/ š שׁ š /ʃ/...
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  • Greek borrowing of Phoenician 𐤔 *š to represent /s/ (compare Greek Σ), and 𐤎 *s to represent /ks/ (compare Greek Ξ) is difficult to explain if *s then...
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    n נ ן‎ 𐭍 ن‎ 𐩬 ነ 𐤍‎ Νν Nn Нн 𑀦 𐨣 𐰤 𐰣 Semkath 𐡎‎ ܣ /s/ s ס‎ 𐭎 𐩯 𐤎‎ Ξξ Ѯѯ 𑀱 𐨭 𐰾 ʿAyn 𐡏‎ ܥ /ʕ/ ʿ ע‎ 𐭏 ع غ‎ 𐩲 ዐ 𐤏‎ Οο, Ωω Oo Оо, Ѡѡ 𑀏,...
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    𐤌‎ 𐡌‎ מ ם‎ م‎ ܢܘܢ Nūn ܢܢ n [n] 50 𐤍‎ 𐡍‎ נ ן‎ ن‎ ܣܡܟܬ Semkaṯ ܣ s [s] 60 𐤎‎ 𐡎‎ ס‎ ܥܐ ʿĒ ܥ ʿ [ʕ] 70 𐤏‎ 𐡏‎ ע‎ ع / غ‎ ܦܐ Pē ܦ hard: p soft: p̄ (also...
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  • q /q/ 𐤀‎ ʾ /ʔ/ voiced 𐤁‎ b /b/ 𐤃‎ d /d/ 𐤂‎ g /ɡ/ Fricative voiceless 𐤎‎ s /s/ 𐤑‎ ṣ /s◌/ 𐤔‎ š /ʃ/ 𐤇‎ ḥ /ħ/ 𐤄‎ h /h/ voiced 𐤆‎ z /z/ 𐤏‎ ʿ /ʕ/...
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    ن‎ נ ן‎ 𐩭 ḫ [x] 𐪍‎ ኀ خ‎ 𐩮 ṣ [sˤ] 𐪎‎ ጸ 𐤑 𐡑 ص‎ צ ץ‎ 𐩯 s³ (ś) [s̪] 𐪏‎ 𐤎 𐡎 ס‎ 𐩰 f [f] 𐪐‎ ፈ 𐤐 𐡐 ف‎ פ ף‎ 𐩱 ʾ [ʔ] 𐪑‎ አ 𐤀 𐡀 ا‎ א‎ 𐩲 ʿ [ʕ] 𐪒‎...
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    𐤉 yōdh Ι iota 𐤊 kaph Κ kappa 𐤋 lāmedh Λ lambda 𐤌 mēm Μ mu 𐤍 nun Ν nu 𐤎 sāmekh Ξ xi 𐤏 ʿayin Ο omicron 𐤐 pē Π pi 𐤑 ṣādē Ϻ san 𐤒 qōph Ϙ qoppa 𐤓...
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  • 𐤌‎ mēm water (מים) m [m] 𓈖 ࠌ‎ מ, ם‎ 𐤍‎ nūn fish (נון) n [n] 𓆓 ࠍ‎ נ, ן‎ 𐤎‎ sāmek pillar, support (סמך) s [s] 𓊽 ࠎ‎ ס‎ 𐤏‎ ʿayin eye (עין) ʿ [ʕ] 𓁹 ࠏ‎...
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  • n [n] n ࠍ‎ 𐡍‎ נן‎ ܢ‎ 𐭍‎ ﻥ‎ 𐩬 ነ Νν Nn Нн 𑀦 /n/ न /n/ ன /ṉ/ / / (n) 𓊽 𐤎‎ śāmek fish ś [s] s ࠎ‎ 𐡎‎ ס‎ ܣ‎ 𐭎‎ 𐩯 Ξξ Ѯѯ 𑀱 /ʂ/ ष /ʂ/ - (s / š) 𓁹 𐤏‎...
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    /m/ maym "water" 𐤌 𓆓 — /n/ naḥš "snake" 𐤍 𓊽 — — — /s/ samk "support" 𐤎 𓁹 /ʕ/ ʿayn "eye" 𐤏 𓂋 — — /p/ pay "mouth" (𐤐) 𓂏?𓇳 — — /p/ or /ʃ/ pay...
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    . 𐤁 ‏𐤇𐤉𐤉 . 𐤅𐤔𐤌𐤕 . 𐤅𐤕𐤄 . 𐤁𐤎𐤉𐤓\𐤃 . 𐤏𐤋𐤌𐤉 . 𐤅𐤇𐤂𐤂𐤕 . 𐤎 ‏‎‏𐤉𐤓\𐤃 . 𐤆𐤍 . 𐤔𐤅𐤓 . 𐤋𐤄𐤃𐤃 . 𐤒𐤓\𐤃𐤐𐤃\𐤓𐤋 . 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤋 . 𐤋𐤍𐤂...
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    [ð] rēs, reš 𐤓‎ r [r] 𐡓‎ ܪ ﺭ r [r] zayin 𐤆‎ z [z] 𐡆‎ ܙ ﺯ z [z] śāmek 𐤎‎ ś [s] 𐡎‎ ܣ – – šīn 𐤔‎ š [ʃ] 𐡔‎ ܫ س, ش s [s], š [ʃ] ṣādē 𐤑‎ ṣ [sˤ] 𐡑‎...
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  • 𐤌‎ 𐡌‎ 𐭌‎ 𐭬‎ 𐼍‎‎ 𐼺‎ 𐾾 n /[n]/ 𐤍‎ 𐡍‎ 𐭍‎ 𐭭‎ 𐼎‎ 𐼻‎‎ 𐾿 s /[s]/ 𐤎‎ 𐡎‎ 𐭎‎ 𐭮‎‎ 𐼑‎ 𐼼‎ 𐿀 ʿ /[ʕ]/ 𐤏‎ 𐡏‎ 𐭏‎ ‎ 𐼒‎ 𐼽‎ 𐿁 p /[p]/ 𐤐‎ 𐡐‎...
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    𐼏‎ (final) 𐼐‎ (final with vertical tail) 𐼻‎ n [n] 𐤍‎ 𐡍 ܢ 𐼑‎ 𐼼‎ s [s] 𐤎 𐡎 ܣ 𐼒‎ 𐼓‎ 𐼽‎ ʿ [ʕ] 𐤏 𐡏 ܥ 𐼔‎ 𐼾‎ p [b], [p] 𐤐 𐡐‎ ܦ 𐼕‎ 𐼖‎ (final)...
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    𐤑 𐩮 צ 𐎖 q q 𐤒 𐩤 ק 𐎗 r r 𐤓 𐩧 ר 𐎘 ṯ θ 𐩦 𐩻 ש 𐎙 ġ ɣ — 𐩶 — 𐎚 t t 𐤕 𐩩 ת 𐎛 ʾi ʔi — — — 𐎜 ʾu ʔu — — — 𐎝 s2 su 𐤎 𐩯 ס 𐎟 word divider 𐤟 —...
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    𐤅𐤋𐤌𐤀𐤁 | 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤁 𐤟 𐤌𐤔𐤌 𐤟 𐤀𐤕 𐤟 𐤀𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤟 𐤃𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤟 𐤅𐤀[𐤎‎ 𐤇𐤁𐤄 𐤟 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔 𐤟 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤉𐤕 | 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤁 𐤟 𐤁𐤄 𐤟 𐤀𐤕 𐤟...
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  • ן‎ nun ن‎ nūn Ν nu N Н našĭ (ᚾ *naudiz) 17 samk 'support' /s/ 60 — 𐎒 — 𐤎‎ sāmek 𐡎 semkaṯ ס‎ sāmeḵ — Ξ ksi, (Χ chi) (X) Ѯ ksi, (Х xĕrŭ) (ᚷ *gebô) 18...
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  • C D E F U+1090x 𐤀‎ 𐤁‎ 𐤂‎ 𐤃‎ 𐤄‎ 𐤅‎ 𐤆‎ 𐤇‎ 𐤈‎ 𐤉‎ 𐤊‎ 𐤋‎ 𐤌‎ 𐤍‎ 𐤎‎ 𐤏‎ U+1091x 𐤐‎ 𐤑‎ 𐤒‎ 𐤓‎ 𐤔‎ 𐤕‎ 𐤖‎ 𐤗‎ 𐤘‎ 𐤙‎ 𐤚‎ 𐤛‎ 𐤟‎ Notes 1.^...
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    Phoenician 𐤀 𐤁 𐤂 𐤃 𐤄 𐤅 𐤆 𐤇 𐤈 𐤉 𐤊 𐤋 𐤌 𐤍 𐤎 𐤏 𐤐 𐤑 𐤒 𐤓 𐤔 𐤕 Aramaic 𐡀 𐡁 𐡂 𐡃 𐡄 𐡅 𐡆 𐡇 𐡈 𐡉 𐡊 𐡋 𐡌 𐡍 𐡎 𐡏 𐡐 𐡑 𐡒 𐡓 𐡔 𐡕...
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  • ܝ‎ I 𐤊‎ 𐡊‎ كـ‎ ܟ‎ K 𐤋‎ 𐡋‎ لـ‎ ܠ‎ L 𐤌‎ 𐡌‎ مـ‎ ܡ‎ M 𐤍‎ 𐡍‎ ں‎ ܢ‎ N 𐤎‎ 𐡎‎ — ܣ‎ — 𐤏‎ 𐡏‎ عـ‎ ܥ‎ O 𐤐‎ 𐡐‎ ڡـ‎ ܦ‎ P 𐤑‎ 𐡑‎ ص‎ ܨ‎ — 𐤒‎ 𐡒‎ ٯ‎ ܩ‎...
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    earlier, more ocular form. At least some of the shins (𐤔 not ש) and sameks (𐤎, a support pillar shown in djed style) reflect the Paleo-Hebrew conception...
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    Phoenician alphabet in both shape and relative order: 𐤀 𐤁 𐤂 𐤃 𐤉 𐤊 𐤋 𐤌 𐤍 𐤎 𐤏 𐤔 𐤕 (A B C D I K L M N Ξ O S T). The remaining letters include the other...
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  • ك‎ 𐪌 n [n] 𐩬 𐤍‎ ن‎ 𐪍 ḫ [x] 𐩭 خ‎ 𐪎 ṣ [sˤ] 𐩮 𐤑‎ ص‎ 𐪏 s³ (s) [s] 𐩯 𐤎‎ 𐪐 f [f] 𐩰 𐤐‎ ف‎ 𐪑 ʾ [ʔ] 𐩱 𐤀‎ ا‎ 𐪒 ʿ [ʕ] 𐩲 𐤏‎ ع‎ 𐪓 ḍ [dˤ] 𐩳 ض‎...
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    "h" instead of the usual "ch". 𐤋‎ Lamd l /l/ 𐤌‎ Mēm m /m/ 𐤍‎ Nūn n /n/ 𐤎‎ Semk s /s/ 𐤏‎ ʿēn ʿ /ʕ/ Often used for the vowel "a" and "o" in late Punic...
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