ט
𐤈
Paleo-Hebrew
Tet
ṭ · 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