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Lamedh

Lamedh or lamed is the twelfth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Hebrewlāmeḏל, Aramaiclāmaḏ 𐡋, Syriaclāmaḏ ܠ, Arabiclāmل, and Phoenicianlāmd 𐤋. Its sound value is [l]. It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪁, South Arabian𐩡, and Ge'ezለ.
The Phoenician letter gave rise to the GreekLambda (Λ), LatinL, and CyrillicEl (Л).