The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, sometimes used in English texts about Hebrew or in academic discussions of letters.
From Hebrew, where 'mem' literally means 'water.' The letter shape supposedly represents waves or water, following the ancient practice of giving letter names meanings based on their appearance.
Hebrew letter names all mean things—'aleph' is ox, 'bet' is house, and 'mem' is water—this naming system is thousands of years old and shows how people once saw letters as tiny pictures of real objects!
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