Pey

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Pey is the seventeenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (aleph-beyt).

The numerical value of Pey is 80.

The character associated with Pey is the Mouth.

The letter Pey when accompanied by a dagesh ( a center dot .) has a hard 'p' sound as in the word 'Pray'.

When the letter does not have a dagesh (.) it has a sound like the English 'f' as in the word 'Freedom'.

Pey has a final form called Pey Sofit. It is used when Pey is the last letter of a word. It's sound is a hard 'p' as in 'Troop'.

 

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