Mem

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Phonemic representation	m
Position in alphabet	13
Numerical value	40
Alphabetic derivatives of the Phoenician

Mem (also spelled Meem or Mim) is the thirteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Mēm 12px, Hebrew Mēm מ, Aramaic Mem 10 px, Syriac Mīm ܡܡ, and Arabic Mīm م. Its value is [m].

The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Mu (Μ), Etruscan M, Latin M, and Cyrillic М.

Origins

Mem is believed to derive from the Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol for water, <hiero>N35</hiero> which had been simplified by the Phoenicians and named after their word for water, mem (15px), ultimately coming from Proto-Semitic *maʾ-/*may-.

Hebrew Mem

Orthographic variants of non-final form
Various print fonts			Cursive Hebrew	Rashi script
Serif	Sans-serif	Monospaced	Cursive Hebrew	Rashi script
מ	מ	מ	21px	35px

Hebrew spelling: מֵם

Hebrew pronunciation

Mem represents a bilabial nasal [m].

Variations on written form/pronunciation

Orthographic variants of final form
Various Print Fonts			Cursive Hebrew	Rashi Script
Serif	Sans-serif	Monospaced	Cursive Hebrew	Rashi Script
ם	ם	ם	24px	32px

In Hebrew, Mem, like Kaph, Nun, Pe, and Tzadi, has a final form, used at the end of words. Its shape changes from מ to ם. The pronunciation is not changed.

Significance

In gematria, Mem represents the number 40 in both the Standard and Mispar Gadol Methods of Gematria; However, (mem sofit) final mem's value is 40 in the Standard Method and 600 in the Mispar Gadol method. The Standard Method adds the values of Tav and Resh (400+200) to denote the value of mem sofit.

In the Sefer Yetzirah, the letter Mem is King over Water, Formed Earth in the Universe, Cold in the Year, and the Belly in the Soul.

As an abbreviation, it stands for metre. In the Israeli army it can also stand for mefaked, commander. In Hebrew religious texts, it can stand for the name of God Makom, the Place.

Mem and Tarot

Mem is associated with The Hanged Man (Atu XII), the element of water and the path between Geburah and Hod on the Tree of Life.

Arabic mīm

Some examples on its uses in Modern Standard Arabic:

Mīm is used in the creation of ism words (i.e. nouns and adjectives; they are treated fundamentally the same in Arabic grammar). Specifically, mīm is used in the creation of the masdar (verbal noun) of Stem III verbs (the masdar of verbs on the pattern fā`ala is mufā`ala), of subject and object nouns for verbs of Stems II-X (using the example of Stem II, subject nouns — called fā`il words because of their form in Stem I — are mufa``il, and object nouns — called maf`ūl also because of their Stem I form — take the form mufa``al). Place-nouns are also created with mīm; the pattern maf`al is used to create maktab "office" from the triliteral k-t-b (to write) and maṣna` "factory" from ṣ-n-` (to make).

Character encodings

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Encodings	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex
Unicode	1502	U+05DE	1501	U+05DD	1605	U+0645	1825	U+0721	2060	U+080C	64294	U+FB26	64318	U+FB3E
UTF-8	215 158	D7 9E	215 157	D7 9D	217 133	D9 85	220 161	DC A1	224 160 140	E0 A0 8C	239 172 166	EF AC A6	239 172 190	EF AC BE
Numeric character reference	מ	מ	ם	ם	م	م	ܡ	ܡ	ࠌ	ࠌ	ﬦ	ﬦ	מּ	מּ

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Encodings	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex
Unicode	66446	U+1038E	67660	U+1084C	67852	U+1090C
UTF-8	240 144 142 142	F0 90 8E 8E	240 144 161 140	F0 90 A1 8C	240 144 164 140	F0 90 A4 8C
Numeric character reference	𐎎	𐎎	𐡌	𐡌	𐤌	𐤌

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