כ ך · מ ם · נ ן · פ ף · צ ץ
ORIGINALRH-045
Hebrew Letters · Final Forms
The five final letters together
RH-045HebrewSquare Hebrew script and Masoretic reading notation
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
כ ך · מ ם · נ ן · פ ף · צ ץ
Transliterationkaf · mem · nun · pe · tsadi
Plain meaningFive Hebrew letters have special word-final shapes.
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
The five final letters together
Only five Hebrew letters change to a special final form: Kaf, Mem, Nun, Pe, and Tsadi. The final form is determined by position at the end of the word; it does not create a new lexical letter. When looking up a word, mentally connect ך→כ, ם→מ, ן→נ, ף→פ, and ץ→צ.
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kaf · mem · nun · pe · tsadi
READINGApproved transliteration
Five Hebrew letters have special word-final shapes.
MEANINGHebrew
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