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Paleo-Hebrew

Qof

q · uvular q

Numeric value
100
Final form
Information unavailable
Earlier form
Information unavailable
Pictograph
possibly the back of the head, a monkey, or a needle eye

Pictographic senses (tradition)

Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon

Concrete: back of the head · rising sun · circle

Extended: what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again

History

One of the most disputed pictographic origins.

Common misconceptions

"Qof means holiness" derives from qadosh, a separate word.

Words containing this letter

אָבַקאָבָקאֲבָקָהאֲדֹנִי־בֶזֶקאֲדֹנִי־צֶדֶקאֲדֹנִיקָםאֲזִקִּיםאֲחִיקָםאֱלִיקָאאֶלְיָקִיםאַלְקוּםאֶלְקָנָהאֶלְקֹשִׁיאֶלְתְּקֵאאֶלְתְּקֹןאָנַקאֲנָקָהאָפִיקאָפַקאֲפֵקאֲפֵקָהאֶקְדָּחאַקּוֹאַשְׁקְלוֹן