Pronounced like โMโ in mother
Has two forms:
Regular Mem (ื) โ used at the start or middle of a word
Final Mem (ื) โ used at the end of a word
Numeric Value: 40
The number 40 in Hebrew is deeply symbolic:
Example
Meaning
40 days and nights of the Flood
Cleansing, rebirth
40 years in the wilderness
Testing, transition
40 days Moses spent on Mt. Sinai
Revelation
40 weeks of human gestation
Formation, life
So, Mem = transformation, birth, renewal.
In ancient Hebrew pictographs, Mem looked like:
๐ Waves of water
Symbol
Represents
Water / Waves
Chaos, life, deep truth, flow
Hidden waters
Mystery, the unseen, wisdom
Water is the source of life โ but also represents depth, change, and the unknown.
The Hebrew word for water is โmayimโ (ืึทืึดื) โ starts and ends with Mem.
Water can nurture or overwhelm โ just like wisdom or truth.
Hebrew Word
Translation
Meaning
Mayim (ืึทืึดื)
Water
Life source, flow
Melech (ืึถืึถืึฐ)
King
Authority, leadership
Moshe (ืึนืฉึถืื)
Moses
Drawn from water (Exodus 2:10)
Mitzvah (ืึดืฆึฐืึธื)
Commandment
Divine obligation
Feature
Meaning
Numeric Value
40 (transformation, trial, formation)
Pictograph
Water waves ๐
Symbolism
Life, flow, hidden wisdom, depth
Spiritual
Mystery of Torah, deep truths, God's voice