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| Phonemic representation | l, ɫ | |||||||||
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| Position in alphabet | 12 | |||||||||
| Numerical value | 30 | |||||||||
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Lamed or Lamedh is the twelfth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Lāmed 
, Hebrew 'Lāmed ל, Aramaic Lāmadh 
, Syriac Lāmaḏ ܠ, and Arabic Lām ل. Its sound value is [l].
The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Lambda (Λ), Latin L, and Cyrillic Л.
The letter is usually considered to have originated from the representation of a goad, i.e. a cattle prod, or a shepherd's stick, i.e. a pastoral staff.
The letter is named lām, and is written in several ways depending on its position in the word:
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