What is "qoph"

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

n. the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

Qoph or Qop ( Phoenician Qōp ) is the nineteenth letter of the Semitic abjads. Aramaic Qop is derived from the Phoenician letter, and derivations from Aramaic include Hebrew Qof , Syriac Qōp̄ ܩ and Arabic .

Its original sound value was a West Semitic emphatic stop, presumably or . In Hebrew gematria, it has the numerical value of 100.

Qoph is a progressive rock band from Stockholm, Sweden, present since 1994.