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מ
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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