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Qoph
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<p>Qoph is the nineteenth <a href="/facts/Letter_(alphabet)/uRnrbGIJ">letter</a> of the <a href="/facts/Semitic_abjads/Hn50ebWn">Semitic abjads</a>, including <a href="/facts/Phoenician_alphabet/Vr4smuYg">Phoenician</a> <i>qōp</i> 𐤒, <a href="/facts/Hebrew_alphabet/qQStmr5u">Hebrew</a> <i>qūp̄</i> ק, <a href="/facts/Aramaic_alphabet/hoqRfbYP">Aramaic</a> <i>qop</i> 𐡒, <a href="/facts/Syriac_alphabet/dA2LyFax">Syriac</a> <i>qōp̄</i> ܩ, and <a href="/facts/Arabic_script/GB5gsj1F">Arabic</a> <i>qāf</i> ق. It is also related to the <a href="/facts/Ancient_North_Arabian/vQoIvuDl">Ancient North Arabian</a> 𐪄, <a href="/facts/Ancient_South_Arabian_script/IYpzKLkk">South Arabian</a> 𐩤, and Ge'ez ቀ. </p><p>Its original sound value was a <a href="/facts/West_Semitic_languages/skDJPEVY">West Semitic</a> <a href="/facts/Emphatic_consonant/xCSeW8Kf">emphatic stop</a>, presumably [<a href="/facts/Velar_ejective_stop/lNW5fHwr">kʼ</a>]. In <a href="/facts/Hebrew_numerals/I8ezGsaM">Hebrew numerals</a>, it has the numerical value of 100. </p>