samekh
or sa·mech
[ sah-muhkh ]
noun
the 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
the consonant sound represented by this letter.
Origin of samekh
1<Hebrew sāmekh, akin to sāmakh he supported
Words Nearby samekh
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British Dictionary definitions for samekh
samekh
/ (ˈsɑːmək, Hebrew ˈsamɛx) /
noun
the 15th letter in the Hebrew alphabet (ס) transliterated as s
Origin of samekh
1Hebrew, literally: a support
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