The Phoenician letter name ṭēth may mean "spinning wheel"[2] pictured as (compare Hebrew root ט-ו-י (ṭ-w-y) meaning 'spinning' (a thread) which begins with Teth). According to another hypothesis (Brian Colless[citation needed]), the letter possibly continues a Middle Bronze Age glyph named ṭab 'good', Aramaic טַב 'tav', Hebrew טוב 'tov', Syriac ܛܒܐ 'tava', modern Arabic طَيّب 'ṭayyib', all of identical meaning, whose picture is based on the Nefer 'good' hieroglyph common in ancient Egyptian names (e.g. Nefertiti):
Jewish scripture books about the "holy letters" from the 10th century onward discuss the connection or origin of the letter Teth with the word tov "good". This was especially emphasized ever since the late 1600s after the Baal Shem Tov became influential, since the letter Teth was in his Acronym standing for Tov, and goodness was part of his philosophy. The acrostic poems of the Bible use 'Tov' to represent the letter (e.g. Psalm 119:65-72).
In gematria, Tet represents the number nine. When followed by an apostrophe, it means 9,000. The most common example of this usage is in the numbers of the Hebrew years (e.g., ט'תשנד in numbers would be the date 9754).
As well, in gematria, the number 15 is written with Tet and Vav, (9+6) to avoid the normal construction Yud and Hei (10+5) which spells a name of God. Similarly, 16 is written with Tet and Zayin (9+7) instead of Yud and Vav (10+6) to avoid spelling part of the Tetragrammaton.
A symbol similar to the Phoenician teth is used for the tensor product, as , but this is presumably an independent development, by modification of the multiplication sign ×. The Hebrew ט is also visually similar to the letter Ʋ.
^""ﻄ" U+FEC4 Arabic Letter Tah Medial Form Unicode Character". comport. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
^Albright, William F. (1969). The Proto-Sinaitic Inscriptions and Their Decipherment. Harvard University Press.
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This article is about the Semitic letter For the 5th century Cornish saint also known as Teth see Saint Tetha Teth also written as Ṭeth or Tet is the ninth letter of the Semitic abjads including Phoenician ṭet 𐤈 Hebrew ṭet ט Aramaic ṭeṯ 𐡈 Syriac ṭeṯ ܛ and Arabic ṭaʾ ط It is the 16th letter of the modern Arabic alphabet The Persian ṭa is pronounced as a hard clarification needed t sound and is the 19th letter in the modern Persian alphabet The Phoenician letter also gave rise to the Greek theta 8 originally an aspirated voiceless dental stop but now used for the voiceless dental fricative The Arabic letter ط is sometimes transliterated as tah in English 1 for example in Arabic script in Unicode Heth Teth Yodh PhoenicianHebrewטAramaicSyriacܛArabicطPhonemic representationtˤPosition in alphabet9Numerical value9Alphabetic derivatives of the PhoenicianGreek8Latin CyrillicѲThe sound value of Teth is tˤ one of the Semitic emphatic consonants Contents 1 Origins 2 Arabic ṭaʾ 3 Hebrew tet 3 1 Hebrew pronunciation 3 2 Significance 4 Similar symbols 5 Character encodings 6 References 7 External linksOrigins editThe Phoenician letter name ṭeth may mean spinning wheel 2 pictured as nbsp compare Hebrew root ט ו י ṭ w y meaning spinning a thread which begins with Teth According to another hypothesis Brian Colless citation needed the letter possibly continues a Middle Bronze Age glyph named ṭab good Aramaic ט ב tav Hebrew טוב tov Syriac ܛܒܐ tava modern Arabic ط ي ب ṭayyib all of identical meaning whose picture is based on the Nefer good hieroglyph common in ancient Egyptian names e g Nefertiti Jewish scripture books about the holy letters from the 10th century onward discuss the connection or origin of the letter Teth with the word tov good This was especially emphasized ever since the late 1600s after the Baal Shem Tov became influential since the letter Teth was in his Acronym standing for Tov and goodness was part of his philosophy The acrostic poems of the Bible use Tov to represent the letter e g Psalm 119 65 72 Arabic ṭaʾ editThe letter is named ṭaʾ ط اء Modern Standard Arabic pronunciation tˤ Position in word Isolated Final Medial InitialGlyph form Help ط ـط ـطـ طـ Hebrew tet editOrthographic variantsSerif sans Serif Monospaced CursiveHebrew Rashiscriptט ט ט nbsp nbsp The Hebrew spelling of name of the letter ט ית Hebrew pronunciation edit In Modern Hebrew Tet represents a voiceless alveolar plosive t and is therefore usually homophonic with the abjad s final letter Tav ת However Tet can be pharyngealized to produce tˤ in traditional Temani and Sephardi pronunciation Significance edit In gematria Tet represents the number nine When followed by an apostrophe it means 9 000 The most common example of this usage is in the numbers of the Hebrew years e g ט תשנד in numbers would be the date 9754 As well in gematria the number 15 is written with Tet and Vav 9 6 to avoid the normal construction Yud and Hei 10 5 which spells a name of God Similarly 16 is written with Tet and Zayin 9 7 instead of Yud and Vav 10 6 to avoid spelling part of the Tetragrammaton Tet is also one of the seven letters which receive special crowns called tagin when written in a Sefer Torah See Shin Ayin Gimmel Nun Zayin and Tzadi Similar symbols editA symbol similar to the Phoenician teth is used for the tensor product as displaystyle otimes nbsp but this is presumably an independent development by modification of the multiplication sign The Hebrew ט is also visually similar to the letter Ʋ Character encodings editCharacter information Preview ט ط ܛ ࠈUnicode name HEBREW LETTER TET ARABIC LETTER TAH SYRIAC LETTER TETH SAMARITAN LETTER TITEncodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hexUnicode 1496 U 05D8 1591 U 0637 1819 U 071B 2056 U 0808UTF 8 215 152 D7 98 216 183 D8 B7 220 155 DC 9B 224 160 136 E0 A0 88Numeric character reference amp 1496 wbr amp x5D8 wbr amp 1591 wbr amp x637 wbr amp 1819 wbr amp x71B wbr amp 2056 wbr amp x808 wbr Character information Preview 𐎉 𐡈 𐤈Unicode name UGARITIC LETTER TET IMPERIAL ARAMAIC LETTER TETH PHOENICIAN LETTER TETEncodings decimal hex dec hex dec hexUnicode 66441 U 10389 67656 U 10848 67848 U 10908UTF 8 240 144 142 137 F0 90 8E 89 240 144 161 136 F0 90 A1 88 240 144 164 136 F0 90 A4 88UTF 16 55296 57225 D800 DF89 55298 56392 D802 DC48 55298 56584 D802 DD08Numeric character reference amp 66441 wbr amp x10389 wbr amp 67656 wbr amp x10848 wbr amp 67848 wbr amp x10908 wbr References edit ﻄ U FEC4 Arabic Letter Tah Medial Form Unicode Character comport Retrieved 7 June 2019 Albright William F 1969 The Proto Sinaitic Inscriptions and Their Decipherment Harvard University Press External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Teth letter Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Teth amp oldid 1186489544, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
