Notes: The five letters with 'sofit' (end-of-word) forms are a later development of the alphabet; their numeric values are used infrequently.
Letter | Name | Num. value | Other Info |
א | alef | 1 | - |
ב | beit/veit | 2 | - |
ג | gimel | 3 | - |
ד | dalet | 4 | - |
ה | hei | 5 | Written 'kei'in the Divine Name |
ו | vav | 6 | - |
ז | zayin | 7 | - |
ח | chet | 8 | - |
ט | tet | 9 | - |
י | yud | 10 | A 'dot' indicating self-nullification |
כ | caf/chaf | 20 | - |
ך | caf-sofit | 500 | - |
ל | lamed | 30 | - |
מ | mem | 40 | - |
ם | mem-sofit | 600 | - |
נ | nun | 50 | - |
ן | nun-sofit | 700 | - |
ס | samech | 60 | - |
ע | ayin | 70 | Nothingness before Creation |
פ | pei/fei | 80 | - |
ף | pei-sofit | 800 | - |
צ | tzadi | 90 | - |
ץ | tzadi-sofit | 900 | - |
ק | kuf | 100 | - |
ר | reish | 200 | - |
ש | shin | 300 | - |
ת | tav/sav | 400 | . |
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