Lamed or Lamedh is the twelfth letter in many Semitic abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew Lamed and Arabic alphabet . Its sound value is . The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Lambda (?), Latin L, and Cyrillic El (?). Origins Lamedh is believed to have come from a pictogram of an ox goad or cattle prod. Some have suggested a shepherd's staff. Hebrew Lamed Pronunciation Lamed represents an alveolar lateral approximant (). Significance Lamed in gematria represents the number 30. With the letter Vav it refers to the Lamedvavnik, the 36 righteous people who save the world from destruction. As an abbreviation, it can stand for litre. Also, a sign on a car with a Lamed on it means that the driver is a student of driving (the Lamed stands for lomed, learner). As a prefix, it can have two pur

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