ל

See also: ל־, ־ל, Appendix:Variations of "l", and ᔭ

ל U+05DC, ל HEBREW LETTER LAMED ← כ [U+05DB] Hebrew ם → [U+05DD]

ﬥ U+FB25, ﬥ HEBREW LETTER WIDE LAMED ← ﬤ [U+FB24] Alphabetic Presentation Forms ﬦ → [U+FB26]

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈlamed/

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Letter

ל • (l)

1. Lamed: the twelfth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after כ and before מ.
2. The numeral 30 in Hebrew numbering.

Coordinate terms

• Hebrew script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): א, ב, ג, ד, ה, ו, ז, ח, ט, י, כ~ך, ל, מ~ם, נ~ן, ס, ע, פ~ף, צ~ץ, ק, ר, ש, ת ^[edit]

Noun

ל • (lamedh)

1. The third letter of a verb root; so called because it's the third letter of the word פעל.

Further reading

• lamedh on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Clipping of מֻנָּח לוֹעֲזִי/בֵּינְלְאֻמִּי.

Noun

ל • (l.)

1. (lexicography, rare) Initialism of לוֹעֲזִי (“foreign”), used to indicate that a term originates from a foreign language rather than from the four layers of Hebrew: loanword