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A HISTORY OF MATHEMATICAL NOTATIONS
| LETTRES | NOMS ET TRANSCRIPTION DES LETTRES. |
VALEURS. | NOMS DE NOMBRE. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAMARITAINES. | HÉBRAÏQUES. | RABBINIQUES. | ||||
| ࠀ | א | 
|
aleph, | a | 1 | ekhâd. |
| ࠁ | ב | 
|
bet, | b | 2 | chenaïm. |
| ࠂ | ג | 
|
ghimel, | gh | 3 | chelochâh. |
| ࠃ | ד | 
|
dalet, | d | 4 | arbâ‛âh. |
| ࠄ | ה | 
|
hé, | h | 5 | khamichâh. |
| ࠅ | ו | 
|
waw, | w | 6 | chichâh. |
| ࠆ | ז | 
|
zaïn, | z | 7 | chib‛âh. |
| ࠇ | ח | 
|
khet, | kh | 8 | chemonâh. |
| ࠈ | ט | 
|
t′et′, | t′ | 9 | tich‛âh. |
| ࠉ | י | 
|
iod, | i | 10 | ‛asârâh. |
| ࠊ | כ | 
|
kaph, | k | 20 | ‛esrîm. |
| ࠋ | ל | 
|
lamed, | l | 30 | chelochîm. |
| ࠌ | מ | 
|
mem, | m | 40 | arbâ‛îm. |
| ࠍ | נ | 
|
noun, | n | 50 | khamichîm. |
| ࠎ | ס | 
|
s′amek, | s′ | 60 | chichîm. |
| ࠏ | ע | 
|
‛aïn, | ‛a | 70 | chib‛îm. |
| ࠐ | פ | 
|
phé, | ph | 80 | chemonîm. |
| ࠑ | צ | 
|
tsadé, | ts | 90 | tich‛îm. |
| ࠒ | ק | 
|
qoph, | q | 100 | mêâh. |
| ࠓ | ר | 
|
rech, | r | 200 | mâtaïm. |
| ࠔ | ש | 
|
chin, | ch | 300 | châlôch mêôt. |
| ࠕ | ת | 
|
tau, | t | 400 | arba‛ mêôt. |
Fig. 11.—Hebrew numerals. (Taken from A. P. Pihan, Exposé des signes de numération [Paris, 1860], p. 172, 173.)
