What is "lamedh"

lamedh \lamedh\ n. The 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding to l.

alt. The twelfth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). n. The twelfth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

n. the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

Lamed or Lamedh is the twelfth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Lāmed , Hebrew 'Lāmed , Aramaic Lāmadh , Syriac Lāmaḏ ܠ, and Arabic . Its sound value is .

The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Lambda (Λ), Latin L, and Cyrillic Л.