Gimel

Gimmel redirects here, for the musical group, see Gimmel (music group) . Gimel is the third letter of many Semitic alphabets , including Phoenician , Aramaic , Hebrew ג , Syriac ܓ and Arabic ǧīm ﺟ (in alphabetical order; 5th in higa'i order). Its sound value in the original Phoenician and in all derived alphabets save Arabic is a voiced velar plosive [ɡ] ; in Arabic, it represents a voiced postalveolar affricate [dʒ] in the standard language , though this varies (with [ɡ] and [ʒ] being the most common) from dialect to dialect. In its Proto-Canaanite form, the letter was likely named after a weapon which was debatably either a staff sling or a throwing stick , ultimately deriving from a Proto-Sinaitic glyph based on the hieroglyph below: The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek gamma (Γ) and the Latin C and G and Cyrillic Г .

Gimel is the third letter of the Semitic abjads , including Phoenician Gīml , Hebrew ˈGimel ג , Aramaic Gāmal , Syriac Gāmal ܓ , and Arabic ǧīm ج (in alphabetical order; 5th in spelling order). Its sound value in the original Phoenician and in all derived alphabets, save Arabic, is a voiced velar plosive [ ɡ ] ; in Modern Standard Arabic , it represents has many standards including [ ɡ ] , see below . In its unattested Proto-Canaanite form, the letter may have been named after a weapon that was either a staff sling or a throwing stick , ultimately deriving from a Proto-Sinaitic glyph based on the hieroglyph below: The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek gamma (Γ), the Latin C and G , and the Cyrillic Г .

Gimel is the third letter of the Semitic abjads , including Phoenician Gīml , Hebrew ˈGimel ג , Aramaic Gāmal , Syriac Gāmal ܓ , and Arabic ǧīm ج (in alphabetical order; fifth in spelling order). Its sound-value in the original Phoenician and in all derived alphabets, except Arabic, is a voiced velar plosive [ ɡ ] ; in Modern Standard Arabic , it represents either a /d͡ʒ/ or /ʒ/ for most Arabic speakers except in Lower Egypt , the southern parts of Yemen and some parts of Oman where it is pronounced as a voiced velar plosive [ ɡ ] ( see below ). In its unattested, yet hypothetical, Proto-Canaanite form, the letter may have been named after a weapon that was either a staff sling or a throwing stick , ultimately deriving from a Proto-Sinaitic glyph based on the hieroglyph below: The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek gamma (Γ), the Latin C and G , and the Cyrillic Г and Ґ .

Third letter of many Semitic alphabets "Gimmel" redirects here. Gimel is the third letter of the Semitic abjads , including Phoenician gīml 𐤂, Hebrew gīmel ג, Aramaic gāmal 𐡂, Syriac gāmal ܓ, and Arabic ǧīm ج (in alphabetical order; fifth in spelling order). Its sound value in the original Phoenician and in all derived alphabets, except Arabic, is a voiced velar plosive [ ɡ ] ; in Modern Standard Arabic , it represents either a /d͡ʒ/ or /ʒ/ for most Arabic speakers except in Northern Egypt , the southern parts of Yemen and some parts of Oman where it is pronounced as the voiced velar plosive [ ɡ ] ( see below ). In its Proto-Canaanite form, the letter may have been named after a weapon that was either a staff sling or a throwing stick (spear thrower), ultimately deriving from a Proto-Sinaitic glyph based on the hieroglyph below: The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek gamma (Γ), the Latin C , G , Ɣ and yogh , and the Cyrillic Г , Ґ , Ғ .

Third letter of many Semitic alphabets "Gimmel" redirects here. Gimel is the third (in alphabetical order; fifth in spelling order) letter of the Semitic abjads , including Phoenician gīml 𐤂, Hebrew gīmel ג ‎, Aramaic gāmal 𐡂, Syriac gāmal ܓ and Arabic ǧīm ج ‎. It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪔‎, South Arabian 𐩴 , and Ge'ez ገ . Its sound value in the original Phoenician and in all derived alphabets, except Arabic ( see below ), is a voiced velar plosive [ ɡ ] ; in Modern Standard Arabic , it represents either a /d͡ʒ/ or /ʒ/ for most Arabic speakers except in Northern Egypt , the southern parts of Yemen and some parts of Oman where it is pronounced as the voiced velar plosive [ ɡ ] . In its Proto-Canaanite form, the letter may have been named after a weapon that was either a staff sling or a throwing stick (spear thrower), ultimately deriving from a Proto-Sinaitic glyph based on the hieroglyph below: The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek gamma (Γ), the Latin C , G , Ɣ and Ȝ , and the Cyrillic Г , Ґ , and Ғ .