Resh
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Resh is the twentieth
.In most Semitic alphabets, the letter resh (and its equivalents) is quite similar to the letter
The Phoenician letter gave rise to the
Origins
The word resh is usually assumed to have come from a pictogram of a head, ultimately reflecting
Arabic rāʾ
The letter is named rāʾ راء in Arabic. It is written in several ways depending on its position in the word:
Position in word | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
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Glyph form: (Help) |
ر | ـر | ـر | ر |
It ranges between an
Derived letter in other languages
Position in word | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
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Glyph form: (Help) |
ݛ | ـݛ | ـݛ | ݛ |
The Unicode standard for Arabic scripts also lists a variant with a full stroke (Unicode character U+075b: ݛ), suggesting that this form is used in certain Northern and Western African languages and some dialects in Pakistan.[2]
Hebrew resh
Orthographic variants | ||||
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Various print fonts | Cursive Hebrew |
Rashi script | ||
Serif | Sans-serif | Monospaced
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ר | ר | ר |
Hebrew spelling: רֵישׁ
In Hebrew, Resh (רֵישׁ) represents a rhotic consonant that has different realizations for different dialects:
- In Modern Hebrew, the most common pronunciation is the voiced uvular fricative [ʁ].
- ɹ], as in English.
- uvular trill [ʀ].
As a general rule, Resh, along with
In gematria, Resh represents the number 200.
As abbreviation
Resh as an abbreviation can stand for Rabbi (or Rav, Rebbe, Rabban, Rabbenu, and other similar constructions).
Resh may be found after a person's name on a
Spelling out
Resh is used in an Israeli phrase; after a child says something false, one may say "B'Shin Quf, Resh" (With Shin, Quf, Resh). These letters spell Sheqer, which is the Hebrew word for a lie. It would be akin to an English speaker saying "That's an L-I-E."
Character encodings
Preview | ר | ر | ܪ | ࠓ | ||||
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Unicode name | HEBREW LETTER RESH | ARABIC LETTER RA | SYRIAC LETTER RISH | SAMARITAN LETTER RISH | ||||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 1512 | U+05E8 | 1585 | U+0631 | 1834 | U+072A | 2067 | U+0813 |
UTF-8 | 215 168 | D7 A8 | 216 177 | D8 B1 | 220 170 | DC AA | 224 160 147 | E0 A0 93 |
Numeric character reference | ר |
ר |
ر |
ر |
ܪ |
ܪ |
ࠓ |
ࠓ |
Preview | 𐎗 | 𐡓 | 𐤓 | |||
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Unicode name | UGARITIC LETTER RASHA | IMPERIAL ARAMAIC LETTER RESH | PHOENICIAN LETTER ROSH | |||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 66455 | U+10397 | 67667 | U+10853 | 67859 | U+10913 |
UTF-8 | 240 144 142 151 | F0 90 8E 97 | 240 144 161 147 | F0 90 A1 93 | 240 144 164 147 | F0 90 A4 93 |
UTF-16 | 55296 57239 | D800 DF97 | 55298 56403 | D802 DC53 | 55298 56595 | D802 DD13 |
Numeric character reference | 𐎗 |
𐎗 |
𐡓 |
𐡓 |
𐤓 |
𐤓 |
References
- S2CID 144607607.
- ^ Allen, Julie D.; Anderson, Deborah; et al. (eds.). The Unicode Standard, Version 6.2 (PDF). Unicode Consortium. p. 265.
- ^ Book Em laMikra haShalem written by Nisan Sharoni In Chapter 14:7 page 62 of the Ashdod. ספר אם למקרא השׁלם על ידי ניסן שׁרוני ׀ אשׁדוֹד ׀ תשׁס״א ׀ עמוד 62 In the 7 article of the chapter, the Rav says that the letters ״אהחער״ generally do not take a dagesh. ₪ בּאוֹתיוֹת ״אהחער״ ־לֹא יָבֹא דָגֵשׁ, בְּדֶרֶךְ כְּלָל. ₪ מכלול נז In the footnote 6 — Not to write it in Hebrew — ; it says: Except in a few cases where there is an exception to the rule… dagesh can be seen in Alef and Reish. See Mesorah haGedolah 43:26 and מכלול נז Minchas Shai 43:26.
- ^ "Unexpected Dagesh in Reish". Mi Yodeya. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "Tanach Simanim (Hebrew Only)". www.feldheim.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "Tanach Simanim (Hebrew Only)". www.feldheim.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.