ܗ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Phoenician 𐤄 (h, “he”). Compare Arabic ه (h) and Hebrew ה (h).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [he(ʔ)]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [h]

Letter

ܗ • (transliteration needed)

1. he, fifth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

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See also

• ܗܐ

Numeral

ܗ • (transliteration needed)

1. number five (5)

References

• “h”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 72a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 98a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 327a