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In gematria, kaph represents the number 20. Its final form represents 500, but this is rarely used, tav and qoph (400+100) being used instead. As a prefix, kaph is a preposition: It can mean "like" or "as", as in literary Arabic (see above). In colloquial Hebrew, kaph and shin together have the meaning of "when".
Shin as a prefix commonly used in late-Biblical and Modern Hebrew language carries similar meaning as specificity faring relative pronouns in English: "that (..)", "which (..)" and "who (..)". When used this way, it is pronounced as 'sheh-' (IPA /ʃɛ-/. In colloquial Hebrew, Kaph and Shin together are a contraction of כּאשר, ka'asher (as ...
Meaning Comments Examples מ from/of/out of Before ordinary letters (excluding the gutturals and ר ) it is מִ followed by a Dagesh Chazak. Before gutturals and ר it is מֵ . Before the definite article (ה ) it is מֵ as in 2, and the article remains intact; or it becomes מִן plus ה .
v. t. e. Dosha (Sanskrit: दोषः, IAST: doṣa) is a central term in ayurveda originating from Sanskrit, which can be translated as "that which can cause problems" (literally meaning "fault" or "defect"), and which refers to three categories or types of substances that are believed to be present conceptually in a person's body and mind.
Gimel. Gimel is the third (in alphabetical order; fifth in spelling order) letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician gīml 𐤂, Hebrew gīmel ג , Aramaic gāmal 𐡂, Syriac gāmal ܓ and Arabic ǧīm ج . Its sound value in the original Phoenician and in all derived alphabets, except Arabic, is a voiced velar plosive [ɡ]; in ...
Kappa (/ ˈkæpə /; [ 1 ] uppercase Κ, lowercase κ or cursive ϰ; Greek: κάππα, káppa) is the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiceless velar plosive IPA: [k] sound in Ancient and Modern Greek. In the system of Greek numerals, Kʹ has a value of 20. It was derived from the Phoenician letter kaph.
Syrian Jews (Hebrew: יהודי סוריהYehudey Surya, Arabic: الْيَهُود السُّورِيُّونal-Yahūd as-Sūriyyūn, colloquially called SYs / ˈɛswaɪz / in the United States) are Jews who live in the region of the modern state of Syria, and their descendants born outside Syria.
Pe is the seventeenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician pē 𐤐, Hebrew pēפ , Aramaic pē 𐡐, Syriac pē ܦ, and Arabic fāʾف (in abjadi order). This article contains Ugaritic text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Ugaritic alphabet.