Teth 1769117 216854508 2008-06-03T14:57:14Z Epson291 3138762 /* Arabic Ṭāʼ */ {{Phoenician glyph|letname=Teth|previouslink=Heth (letter)|previousletter=Heth|nextlink=Yodh|nextletter=Yodh|archar=ﻁ|sychar=ܛ|hechar=ט|amchar=teth|gechar=ጠ|phchar=teth|ipa=tˤ|num=9|gem=9}} '''{{transl|sem|Ṭēth}}''' (also '''Teth''', '''Tet''') is the ninth letter of many [[Semitic abjads]], including [[Phoenician alphabet|Phoenician]], [[Aramaic alphabet|Aramaic]], [[Hebrew alphabet|Hebrew]] '''Tet''' {{Ivrit|ט}}, [[Syriac alphabet|Syriac]] {{unicode|ܛ}} and [[Arabic alphabet|Arabic]] {{ArabDIN|'''Ṭāʼ'''}} {{unicode|ط}}; it is 9th in abjadi order and 16th in modern Arabic order. Its sound value is {{IPA2|tˤ}}, one of the Semitic [[emphatic consonant]]s. The Phoenician letter gave rise to the [[Greek alphabet|Greek]] [[Theta]] (Θ). ==Origins== {{Semitic alphabet}} The Phoenician letter name {{transl|sem|ṭēth}} means "wheel", but the letter possibly (according to [[Brian Colless]]) continues a [[Middle Bronze Age alphabets|Middle Bronze Age]] glyph named {{transl|sem|ṭab}} "good", ''tayeb'' طيب in modern Arabic, based on the ''nfr'' "good" [[Egyptian hieroglyphs|hieroglyph]], <hiero>F35</hiero> ==Hebrew Tet== {|class=prettytable style="text-align:center;" |colspan=5|<small>[[Orthography|Orthographic]] variants</small> |- !|<small>Sans-serif</small> !! <small>[[Serif]]</small> !! <small>[[Monospaced]]</small>!!<small>[[Cursive Hebrew|Cursive<br>Hebrew]]</small>!!<small>[[Rashi Script|Rashi<br>Script]]</small> |- |width=20%|<span style="font:19pt 'arial';">ט</span> |width=20%|<span style="font:19pt 'times new roman';">'''ט'''</span> |width=20%|<span style="font:20pt 'courier new';">ט</span> |width=20%|[[Image:Hebrew letter Tet handwriting.svg|18px]] |width=20%|[[Image:Hebrew letter Tet Rashi.png|31px]] |} ===Hebrew Pronunciation:=== In [[Hebrew language|Modern Hebrew]], Tet represents a [[voiceless alveolar plosive]] {{IPA|/t/}}, although this can be [[Pharyngealisation|pharyngealized]] to produce {{IPA|[tˤ]}} in traditional [[Yemenite Jews|Temani]] and [[Sephardi]] pronunciation. ===Significance=== In [[gematria]], Tet represents the number nine. When followed by an apostrophe, it means 9,000. The most common example of this usage is in the numbers of the [[Hebrew calendar|Hebrew years]] (i.e. ט'תשנד in [[Arabic numerals|numbers]] would be the [[Calendar date|date]] 9754). As well, in gematria, the number 15 is written with Tet and [[Waw (letter)|Vav]], (9+6) to avoid the normal construction [[Yodh|Yud]] and [[He (letter)|Hei]] (10+5) which spells a [[Names of God in Judaism|name of God]]. Similarly, 16 is written with Tet and [[Zayin]] (9+7) instead of [[Yodh|Yud]] and [[Waw (letter)|Vav]] (10+6) to avoid spelling part of the [[Tetragrammaton]]. Tet is also one of the seven letters which receive a special crown (called a ''tagin'') when written in a [[Sefer Torah]]. See [[Shin (letter)|Shin]], [[Ayin]], [[Gimmel]], [[Nun (letter)|Nun]], [[Zayin]], and [[Tzade|Tzadi]]. ==Arabic Ṭāʼ== The letter is named ''ṭāʼ''; [[Standard Arabic|standard]] pronunciation: {{IPA|[tˤ]}}. It is written in several ways depending in its position in the word: {{Arabic alphabet shapes|ط}} {{Hebrew language}} {{Arabic language}} [[Category:Phoenician alphabet]] [[Category:Arabic letters]] [[als:ט]] [[am:ጠይት]] [[arc:ܛܝܬ]] [[br:Tet (lizherenn)]] [[ca:Thet]] [[de:Tet (Buchstabe)]] [[es:Thet]] [[fr:Tet (lettre)]] [[he:ט]] [[ht:ט]] [[ms:Ṭa]] [[nl:Tet (letter)]] [[pl:Tet]] [[fi:Tet (kirjain)]] [[sv:Tet (bokstav)]] [[th:ฏออุ]]