Tsade

Tsade (also spelled Ṣādē or Tzadi or Sadhe or Tzaddik ) is the eighteenth letter in many Semitic alphabets , including Phoenician , Aramaic , Hebrew Tsadi צ and Arabic Ṣād ﺹ . Its oldest sound value is probably , although there is a variety of pronunciation in different modern Semitic languages and their dialects. It represents the coalescence of three Proto-Semitic " emphatic consonants " in Canaanite . Arabic , which kept the phonemes separate, introduced variants of ṣād and ṭāʼ to express the three (see ḍād , ẓāʼ ). In Aramaic, these emphatic consonants coalesced instead with ʻayin and ṭēt , respectively, thus Hebrew ereẓ ארץ (earth) is arʻāʼ ארע in Aramaic. The Phoenician letter is continued in the Greek Sampi Ϡ , and San Ϻ and in Etruscan 𐌑 Ś . It may have inspired the form of the letter Tse in the Glagolitic alphabet . The corresponding letter of the Ugaritic alphabet is 𐎕 ṣade . Hebrew speakers often pronounce the name of this letter as Tsadiq (meaning "righteous person"; see Tzadik ), though this use probably originated from a fast recitation of the alphabet (i.e., " tsadi , qoph " -> " tsadiq , qoph ").

Ṣade (also spelled Ṣādē , Tsade , Ṣaddi , Ṣad , Tzadi , Sadhe , Tzaddik ) is the eighteenth letter of the Semitic abjads , including Phoenician Çādē , Hebrew ˈṢādi צ , Aramaic Ṣādhē , Syriac Ṣāḏē ܨ , and Arabic Ṣād ص . Its oldest sound value is probably /t͡sˤ/ , although there is a variety of pronunciation in different modern Semitic languages and their dialects. It represents the coalescence of three Proto-Semitic " emphatic consonants " in Canaanite . Arabic , which kept the phonemes separate, introduced variants of ṣād and ṭāʾ to express the three (see ḍād , ẓāʾ ). In Aramaic, these emphatic consonants coalesced instead with ʿayin and ṭēt , respectively, thus Hebrew ereẓ ארץ (earth) is araʿ ארע in Aramaic. The Phoenician letter is continued in the Greek San (Ϻ) and possibly Sampi (Ϡ), and in Etruscan 𐌑 Ś . It may have inspired the form of the letter Tse in the Glagolitic and Cyrillic alphabet . The corresponding letter of the Ugaritic alphabet is 𐎕 ṣade . The letter is known as "tsadik" in Yiddish, and Hebrew speakers often give it that name as well. This name for the letter probably originated from a fast recitation of the alphabet (i.e., " tsadi , qoph " -> " tsadiq , qoph "), influenced by the hebrew word tzadik , meaning 'righteous person'. "The Letter Tsade: Righteousness and Modesty" (in Hebrew) .

Tsade (also spelled Ṣade , Ṣādē , Ṣaddi , Ṣad , Tzadi , Sadhe , Tzaddik ) is the eighteenth letter of the Semitic abjads , including Phoenician Ṣādē , Hebrew Ṣādi צ , Aramaic Ṣāḏē , Syriac Ṣāḏē ܨ , Ge'ez Ṣädäy ጸ , and Arabic Ṣād ص . Its oldest sound value is probably /sˤ/ , although there is a variety of pronunciation in different modern Semitic languages and their dialects. It represents the coalescence of three Proto-Semitic " emphatic consonants " in Canaanite . Arabic , which kept the phonemes separate, introduced variants of ṣād and ṭāʾ to express the three (see ḍād , ẓāʾ ). In Aramaic, these emphatic consonants coalesced instead with ʿayin and ṭēt , respectively, thus Hebrew ereṣ ארץ (earth) is araʿ ארע in Aramaic. The Phoenician letter is continued in the Greek San (Ϻ) and possibly Sampi (Ϡ), and in Etruscan 𐌑 Ś . It may have inspired the form of the letter Tse in the Glagolitic and Cyrillic alphabets . The corresponding letter of the Ugaritic alphabet is 𐎕 ṣade . The letter is named "tsadek" in Yiddish, and Hebrew speakers often give it a similar name as well. This name for the letter probably originated from a fast recitation of the alphabet (i.e., " tsadi , qoph " → " tsadiq , qoph "), influenced by the Hebrew word tzadik , meaning "righteous person". "The Letter Tsade: Righteousness and Modesty" (in Hebrew) .

Eighteenth letter of the Semitic scripts Tsade (also spelled ṣade , ṣādē , ṣaddi , ṣad , tzadi , sadhe , tzaddik ) is the eighteenth letter of the Semitic abjads , including Phoenician ṣādē 𐤑, Hebrew ṣādī צ, Aramaic ṣāḏē 𐡑, Syriac ṣāḏē ܨ, Ge'ez ṣädäy ጸ, and Arabic ṣād ص. Its oldest phonetic value is debated, although there is a variety of pronunciations in different modern Semitic languages and their dialects. It represents the coalescence of three Proto-Semitic " emphatic consonants " in Canaanite . Arabic , which kept the phonemes separate, introduced variants of ṣād and ṭāʾ to express the three (see ḍād , ẓāʾ ). In Aramaic, these emphatic consonants coalesced instead with ʿayin and ṭēt , respectively, thus Hebrew ereṣ ארץ (earth) is araʿ ארע in Aramaic. The Phoenician letter is continued in the Greek san (Ϻ) and possibly sampi (Ϡ), and in Etruscan 𐌑 Ś . It may have inspired the form of the letter tse in the Glagolitic and Cyrillic alphabets . The corresponding letter of the Ugaritic alphabet is 𐎕 ṣade . The letter is named "tsadek" in Yiddish, and Hebrew speakers often give it a similar name as well. This name for the letter probably originated from a fast recitation of the alphabet (i.e., " tsadi , qoph " → " tsadiq , qoph "), influenced by the Hebrew word tzadik , meaning "righteous person". "The Letter Tsade: Righteousness and Modesty" (in Hebrew) .

Eighteenth letter of the Semitic scripts Tsade (also spelled ṣade , ṣādē , ṣaddi , ṣad , tzadi , sadhe , tzaddik ) is the eighteenth letter of the Semitic abjads , including Phoenician ṣādē 𐤑, Hebrew ṣādī צ ‎, Aramaic ṣāḏē 𐡑, Syriac ṣāḏē ܨ, Ge'ez ṣädäy ጸ, and Arabic ṣād ص ‎. It is related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪎‎‎, South Arabian 𐩮 , and Ge'ez ጸ . The corresponding letter of the Ugaritic alphabet is 𐎕 ṣade . Its oldest phonetic value is debated, although there is a variety of pronunciations in different modern Semitic languages and their dialects. It represents the coalescence of three Proto-Semitic " emphatic consonants " in Canaanite . Arabic , which kept the phonemes separate, introduced variants of ṣād and ṭāʾ to express the three (see ḍād , ẓāʾ ). In Aramaic, these emphatic consonants coalesced instead with ʿayin and ṭēt , respectively, thus Hebrew ereṣ ארץ (earth) is araʿ ארע ‎ in Aramaic. The Phoenician letter is continued in the Greek san (Ϻ) and possibly sampi (Ϡ), and in Etruscan 𐌑 Ś . It may have inspired the form of the letter tse in the Glagolitic and Cyrillic alphabets . The letter is named " tsadek " in Yiddish, and Hebrew speakers often give it a similar name as well. This name for the letter probably originated from a fast recitation of the alphabet (i.e., " tsadi , qoph " → " tsadiq , qoph "), influenced by the Hebrew word tzadik , meaning "righteous person".