Etymology

lamed

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Today it means: The twelfth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). Full definition →

Hebrew לָמֶד ← Proto-Semitic *lamed-
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  1. Proto-Semitic · derived from*lamed-“goad”
  2. Hebrew · derived fromלָמֶד
  3. English todaylamed

From Hebrew לָמֶד (lamedh), from Proto-Semitic *lamed- (“goad”) (Hebrew מַלְמָד (malmad, “goad”)). Doublet of lambda.

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