ΛΑΜΕΔ, λαμεδ
LAMED, lamed
Sounds Like: LAH-med
Translations: Lamed
From the root: ΛΑΜΕΔ
Part of Speech: Letter
Explanation: ΛΑΜΕΔ is the name of the twelfth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. In some Greek texts, particularly in the Septuagint translation of the Old Testament (like the book of Lamentations), Hebrew letter names are used to mark sections of acrostic poems, where each section begins with the corresponding letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Lamentations — 1:12
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΛΑΜΕΔ, appear in our texts.
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