teth

Teth, also spelled tet, is the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It represents the consonant sound t and in modern Hebrew is pronounced as a standard voiceless alveolar stop, like the t in top. Its numerical value in Hebrew numerology (gematria) is 9. The letter does not have a distinct final form; it appears in a single form in all positions within words.

Name and origin: The letter is commonly called tet in everyday Hebrew, with teth used in some academic or historical contexts. It is descended from the Phoenician letter Teth (Ṯ) and is related to similar letters in other Semitic scripts. The Phoenician form contributed to the Greek letter theta (Θ, θ) in the historical development of the alphabet.

Form and writing: The modern Hebrew character is written as ט. Its shape evolved from ancient Semitic scripts and has remained recognizable across generations, though stylistic features vary between handwriting and print.

Position in the alphabet: Tet is preceded by het (the eighth letter) and followed by yod (the tenth letter).

Usage: In Hebrew orthography, teth appears in a wide range of words and is a standard consonant without a separate final form. Beyond everyday language, the letter participates in numeral and educational contexts where its value as 9 may be used in counting or textual analysis.