With the letter Vav it refers to the Lamedvavniks, the 36 righteous people who save the world from destruction.
As an abbreviation, it can stand for litre. Also, a sign on a car with a Lamed on it means that the driver is a student of driving (the Lamed stands for lomed, learner). It is also used as the Electoral symbol for the Yisrael Beiteinu party.
As a prefix, it can have two purposes:
It can be attached to verb roots, designating the infinitive (Daber means "speak", Ledaber means to speak).
It can also act as a preposition meaning "to" or "for".
Arabic LāmEdit
The letter is named lām, and is written in several ways depending on its position in the word:
Some examples on its uses in Modern Standard Arabic. (Normally, diacritics are not written):
Lām is used as a prefix in two different ways. Lām-kasra (لـِ, /li/) is essentially a preposition meaning 'to' or 'for', as in لِوالديliwālidī, 'for my father'. In this usage, it has become concatenated with other words to form new constructions often treated as independent words: for instance, لِماذاlimāḏā, meaning 'why?', is derived from لـِli and ماذاmāḏā, meaning 'what?' thus getting 'for what?'. A semantically equivalent construction is found in most Romance languages, e.g. Frenchpourquoi, Spanishpor qué, and Italianperché (though ché is an archaism and not in current use).
The other construction, lām-fatḥa (لَـ/la/) is used as an emphatic particle in very formal Arabic and in certain fixed constructions, such as لَقدlaqad (itself an emphatic particle for past-tense verbs) and in the conditional structure لو...لَـlaw...la, effectively one of the forms of 'if...then...'.
^"The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology". Egypt Exploration Society. March 3, 1916 – via Google Books.
^Martin, Man (April 17, 2017). The Lemon Jell-O Syndrome. Unbridled Books. ISBN9781609531423 – via Google Books.
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October 21, 2023
lamedh, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, march, 2023, learn,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Lamedh news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Lamedh or Lamed is the twelfth letter of the Semitic abjads including Hebrew lamed ל Aramaic lamaḏ 𐡋 Syriac lamaḏ ܠ Arabic lam ل and Phoenician lamd 𐤋 Its sound value is l Kaph Lamedh Mem PhoenicianHebrewלAramaicSyriacܠArabicلPhonemic representationl ɫPosition in alphabet12Numerical value30Alphabetic derivatives of the PhoenicianGreekLLatinLCyrillicLThe Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Lambda L Latin L and Cyrillic El L Contents 1 Origin 2 Hebrew Lamed 2 1 Pronunciation 2 2 Significance 3 Arabic Lam 4 Character encodings 5 References 6 External linksOrigin Edit nbsp An iron cow goad in the Israel Museum lower right 9th 7th century BC The letter is usually considered to have originated from the representation of an ox goad i e a cattle prod or a shepherd s crook i e a pastoral staff In Proto Semitic a goad was called lamed 1 2 Hebrew Lamed EditOrthographic variantsVarious print fonts CursiveHebrew RashiscriptSerif Sans serif Monospacedל ל ל nbsp nbsp Hebrew spelling ל מ ד Pronunciation Edit Lamed transcribes as an alveolar lateral approximant l Significance Edit Lamed in gematria represents the number 30 With the letter Vav it refers to the Lamedvavniks the 36 righteous people who save the world from destruction As an abbreviation it can stand for litre Also a sign on a car with a Lamed on it means that the driver is a student of driving the Lamed stands for lomed learner It is also used as the Electoral symbol for the Yisrael Beiteinu party As a prefix it can have two purposes It can be attached to verb roots designating the infinitive Daber means speak Ledaber means to speak It can also act as a preposition meaning to or for Arabic Lam EditThe letter is named lam and is written in several ways depending on its position in the word Position in word Isolated Final Medial InitialGlyph form Help ل ـل ـلـ لـ Some examples on its uses in Modern Standard Arabic Normally diacritics are not written Lam is used as a prefix in two different ways Lam kasra لـ li is essentially a preposition meaning to or for as in ل والدي liwalidi for my father In this usage it has become concatenated with other words to form new constructions often treated as independent words for instance ل ماذا limaḏa meaning why is derived from لـ li and ماذا maḏa meaning what thus getting for what A semantically equivalent construction is found in most Romance languages e g French pourquoi Spanish por que and Italian perche though che is an archaism and not in current use The other construction lam fatḥa ل ـ la is used as an emphatic particle in very formal Arabic and in certain fixed constructions such as ل قد laqad itself an emphatic particle for past tense verbs and in the conditional structure لو ل ـ law la effectively one of the forms of if then Character encodings EditCharacter information Preview ל ل ܠ ࠋUnicode name HEBREW LETTER LAMED ARABIC LETTER LAM SYRIAC LETTER LAMADH SAMARITAN LETTER LABATEncodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hexUnicode 1500 U 05DC 1604 U 0644 1824 U 0720 2059 U 080BUTF 8 215 156 D7 9C 217 132 D9 84 220 160 DC A0 224 160 139 E0 A0 8BNumeric character reference amp 1500 wbr amp x5DC wbr amp 1604 wbr amp x644 wbr amp 1824 wbr amp x720 wbr amp 2059 wbr amp x80B wbr Character information Preview 𐎍 𐡋 𐤋Unicode name UGARITIC LETTER LAMDA IMPERIAL ARAMAIC LETTER LAMEDH PHOENICIAN LETTER LEMDAEncodings decimal hex dec hex dec hexUnicode 66445 U 1038D 67659 U 1084B 67851 U 1090BUTF 8 240 144 142 141 F0 90 8E 8D 240 144 161 139 F0 90 A1 8B 240 144 164 139 F0 90 A4 8BUTF 16 55296 57229 D800 DF8D 55298 56395 D802 DC4B 55298 56587 D802 DD0BNumeric character reference amp 66445 wbr amp x1038D wbr amp 67659 wbr amp x1084B wbr amp 67851 wbr amp x1090B wbr References Edit The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Egypt Exploration Society March 3 1916 via Google Books Martin Man April 17 2017 The Lemon Jell O Syndrome Unbridled Books ISBN 9781609531423 via Google Books External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lamedh letter Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lamedh amp oldid 1175079258 Arabic Lam, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
