Lamed

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Lamed is the twelfth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding to the "L" sound and often associated with learning and teaching in Jewish tradition.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Phoenician Lamed 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew letter
consonant
alphabet Hebrew alphabet
appearsInScriptType Rashi script
cursive Hebrew script
square Hebrew script
associatedWithConcept learning
study of Torah
teaching
correspondsToSound /l/
followsLetter Kaf
hasAbjadValue 30
hasCulturalAssociation Jewish learning
hasFinalForm false
hasHistoricalOrigin Lamed self-linksurface differs
surface form: Phoenician Lamed
hasPhoneticType alveolar lateral approximant
hasScript Hebrew script
hasTraditionalSymbolism aspiration to learn
heart that understands knowledge
hasUnicodeCodePoint U+05DC
isConsonantalLetter true
isGuttural false
isMaterLectionis false
isPartOfWritingSystemType abjad
isUsedInAbbreviation ל׳
isUsedInReligiousContext Judaism
nameInHebrew לָמֶד
numericalValueInGematria 30
positionInAlphabet 12
precedesLetter Mem
relatedToLetter Arabic Lām
Greek alphabet
surface form: Greek Lambda

Latin L
transliteratedAs L
usedInLanguage Hebrew
Ladino (Judeo-Spanish)
surface form: Ladino

Yiddish
usedInNumeralSystem Hebrew numerals
writingDirection right-to-left

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lamed hasHistoricalOrigin Lamed self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Phoenician Lamed
Hebrew alphabet hasLetter Lamed