Mem (also spelled Meem, Meme, or Mim) is the thirteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Hebrew mēm , Aramaic mem 𐡌, Syriac mīm ܡ, Arabic mīm , and Phoenician mēm 𐤌. Its sound value is . It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪃, South Arabian , and Ge'ez . The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek mu (Μ), Etruscan class=skin-invert-image|10px|M, Latin M, and Cyrillic М.
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- Mem
- Semitic letter.previouslink
- Lamedh
- Semitic letter.previousletter
- Lamedh
- Semitic letter.nextlink
- Nun (letter)
- Semitic letter.nextletter
- Nun
- Semitic letter.archar
- م
- Semitic letter.sychar
- ܡ
- Semitic letter.hechar
- מם
- Semitic letter.smchar
- ࠌ
- Semitic letter.amchar
- 𐡌
- Semitic letter.nbchar
- 𐢓𐢒
- Semitic letter.gechar
- መ
- Semitic letter.ugchar
- 𐎎
- Semitic letter.phchar
- 𐤌
- Semitic letter.nachar
- 𐪃
- Semitic letter.sachar
- 𐩣
- Semitic letter.grchar
- Μ
- Semitic letter.lachar
- M
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- Origins
- Arabic mīm
- Hebrew mem
- Hebrew pronunciation
- Variations on written form/pronunciation
- Significance
- Mem and Tarot
- Syriac mim
- Character encodings
- See also
- References
- External links
Mem (also spelled Meem, Meme, or Mim) is the thirteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Hebrew mēm , Aramaic mem 𐡌, Syriac mīm ܡ, Arabic mīm , and Phoenician mēm 𐤌. Its sound value is . It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪃, South Arabian , and Ge'ez . The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek mu (Μ), Etruscan class=skin-invert-image|10px|M, Latin M, and Cyrillic М.
==Origins== Mem is believed to derive from the Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol for water, N35 which had been simplified in the Proto-Sinaitic script and named after the West Semitic word for "water", mem (class=skin-invert-image|15px), as in Biblical Hebrew maym (מַיִם) 'water', ultimately coming from Proto-Semitic *may-.