מ
𐤌
Paleo-Hebrew
Mem
m · m
- Numeric value
- 40
- Final form
- ם
- Earlier form
- Information unavailable
- Pictograph
- water
Pictographic senses (tradition)
Picture: waves of water
Concrete: water · sea · blood · liquid
Extended: chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
History
Also a common prefix forming participles and nouns of place or instrument.
Common misconceptions
Mem is frequently read as "chaos" or "mystery"; that is later interpretation.
Words containing this letter
אֲבִיָּםאֲבִימָאֵלאֲבִימֶלֶךְאֲבִינֹעַםאֲבִירָםאֲבִישָׁלוֹםאָבֵל בֵּית־מֲעַכָהאָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּיםאָבֵל כְּרָמִיםאָבֵל כְּרָמִיםאָבֵל מְחוֹלָהאַבֵל מַיִםאַבֵל מַיִםאָבֵל מִצְרַיִםאָבֵל מִצְרַיִםאַבְרָהָםאַבְרָםאֶגְלַיִםאֲגַםאָגֵםאַגְמוֹןאֲדוֹרַיִםאָדַםאָדָם