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ט
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Paleo-Hebrew

Tet

· emphatic t

Numeric value
9
Final form
Information unavailable
Earlier form
Information unavailable
Pictograph
possibly a wheel or coiled object

Pictographic senses (tradition)

Picture: a basket, or something coiled

Concrete: basket · coil · snake · container

Extended: to surround · to contain · to store · to twist

History

Origin is among the least certain of the alphabet.

Common misconceptions

Claims that tet always signals "surrounding" or "good" are homiletic, not lexical.

Words containing this letter

אֲבַטִּיחַאֲבִיטוּבאֲבִיטָלאָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּיםאַבְנֵטאֲגַרְטָלאֲחִיטוּבאַטאָטָדאֵטוּןאָטַםאָטַראָטֵראִטֵּראִישׁ־טוֹבאֱלִיפֶלֶטאֱלִישָׁפָטאֲרָרַטבַּהַטבָּטָאבָּטַחבֶּטַחבִּטְחָהבִּטָּחוֹן