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Pe is the seventeenth letter in many Semitic Abjads , including Phoenician , Aramaic , Hebrew and Arabic Alphabet (in Abjadi Order ). The original sound represented by the letter is a . The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Pi (Π), Latin P , and Cyrillic Pe . ORIGINS OF PE: Pe is usually assumed to come from a pictogram of a mouth (in Hebrew ''pe''; in Arabic, ''phem''). PE IN HEBREW: Hebrew Pronunciation: This letter is pronounced like the English letter /). Variations on written form/pronunciation: See Also: Hebrew phonology The letter Daleth is one of the six letters which can receive a Dagesh Kal . The six are Bet , Gimel , Daleth , Kaph , Pe, and Tav (see Hebrew Alphabet for more about these letters). There are two orthographic variants of this letter which alter the pronunciation:
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Pe with the dagesh When the Pe has a "dot" in its center, known as a Dagesh , then it is pronounced as Pe, making the same sound that the English P makes when pronounced. There are various rules in Hebrew Grammar that stipulate when and why a dagesh is used. The {Link without Title} is a bilabial plosive. Pe without the dagesh (Phe) When this letter appears as פ ''without'' the /). Final form of Phe At the end of words the letter's written form changes to a ''Phe Sophit'' (Final Phe):
Significance of Pe: In Gematria , Pe represents the number 80. Its final form represents 800 but this is rarely used, Tav written twice (400+400) being used instead. |
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