Samekh | |
---|---|
Phoenician | 𐤎 |
Hebrew | ס |
Aramaic | 𐡎 |
Syriac | ܣ |
Arabic | س |
Phonemic representation | s |
Position in alphabet | 15 |
Numerical value | 60 |
Alphabetic derivatives of the Phoenician | |
Greek | Ξ |
Latin | X |
Cyrillic | Ѯ |
Samekh 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 the Mashriqi order) .
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.