Mem
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Mem
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Mem is the thirteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Hebrew mēm מ, Aramaic mem 𐡌, Syriac mīm ܡ, Arabic mīm م, and Phoenician mēm 𐤌. Its sound value is. The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek mu (Μ), Etruscan, [ja [Latin alphabet|Latin]] M, and Cyrillic М. ==Origins==ia
Mem is believed to derive from the Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol for water, which had been simplified by the Phoenicians and named after their word for "water", mem, ultimately coming from Proto-Semitic *may-.
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Thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mem
date created:
2005-04-20T12:19:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T00:31:17Z
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