qoph
Sign in to saveQoph is the nineteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician qōp 𐤒, Hebrew qūp̄ , Aramaic qop 𐡒, Syriac qōp̄ ܩ, and Arabic qāf . It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian , South Arabian , and Geʽez .
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- Semitic letter.letname
- Qoph
- Semitic letter.previouslink
- Tsade
- Semitic letter.previousletter
- Tsade
- Semitic letter.nextlink
- Resh
- Semitic letter.nextletter
- Resh
- Semitic letter.archar
- ق
- Semitic letter.sychar
- ܩ
- Semitic letter.hechar
- ק
- Semitic letter.smchar
- ࠒ
- Semitic letter.amchar
- 𐡒
- Semitic letter.nbchar
- 𐢚
- Semitic letter.gechar
- ቀ
- Semitic letter.ugchar
- 𐎖
- Semitic letter.phchar
- 𐤒
- Semitic letter.nachar
- 𐪄
- Semitic letter.sachar
- 𐩤
- Semitic letter.grchar
- Ϙ, Φ
- Semitic letter.lachar
- Q, Ƣ
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13 sectionsContents
- Origins
- Arabic qāf
- Pronunciation
- Velar gāf
- Pronunciation across other languages
- Maghrebi variant
- Hebrew qof
- Pronunciation
- Numeral
- Syriac qop
- Unicode
- References
- External links
Qoph is the nineteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician qōp 𐤒, Hebrew qūp̄ , Aramaic qop 𐡒, Syriac qōp̄ ܩ, and Arabic qāf . It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian , South Arabian , and Geʽez .
Its original sound value was a West Semitic emphatic stop, presumably . In Maltese the q is an explosive stop sound e.g. qalb, qattus, baqq. In Hebrew numerals, it has the numerical value of 100.