Hebrew Letters: Lamed

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The next letter of the Hebrew Alphabet is called Lamed, pronounced la-med, with the emphasis on the first syllable, la.

  Hebrew audio: Listen to the sound of Lamed.

Here is what the Hebrew letter Lamed looks like:

Here is how to write Lamed:



 
Lamed is pronounced with an l sound, like the words Laban, lame or leave.

Lamed has the Gematria (numerical value) of 30. You will notice that the numerical values of the Hebrew letters now go from 10 to 90 (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90). When they reach 100, they go 100, 200, 300 then 400.

Practise writing Lamed in the grid lines below:










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