ם ס
ORIGINALRH-054
Hebrew Letters · Letters That Look Alike
Final Mem and Samekh
RH-054HebrewSquare Hebrew script and Masoretic reading notation
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
ם ס
Transliterationfinal mem · samekh
Plain meaningTwo closed shapes.
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Final Mem and Samekh
Final Mem and Samekh are both closed forms. Final Mem is more square and appears only at the end of a word. Samekh is normally rounder and can appear anywhere. Position therefore gives an additional clue.
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final mem · samekh
READINGApproved transliteration
Two closed shapes.
MEANINGHebrew
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