Tav
letter of many Semitic alphabets
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Taw, tav, or taf is the twenty-second and last letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Tāw , Hebrew Tav ת, Aramaic Taw , Syriac Taw ܬ, and Arabic ت Tāʼ (22nd in abjadi order, 3rd in modern order). In Arabic, it is also gives rise to the derived letter ث Ṯāʼ. Its original sound value is /t/. Tav, or Taw, is the twenty-second and last letter in many Semitic abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew and Arabic alphabet. Its sounds like a /t/.
Taw | |
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Phoenician | |
Hebrew | ת |
Aramaic | |
Syriac | ܬ |
Arabic | ت |
Phonemic representation | t (also θ, s) |
Position in alphabet | 22 |
Numerical value | 400 |
Alphabetic derivatives of the Phoenician | |
Greek | Τ, Ϛ, Χ? |
Latin | T, X? |
Cyrillic | Т, Ѿ, Х? |