U+05DE "מ" Hebrew Letter Mem Unicode Character

U+05DE "מ" Hebrew Letter Mem is the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding to the sound "m" and deriving from the Phoenician letter mem, which originally represented water. In modern Hebrew, it appears in two forms: the standard "מ" used at the beginning or middle of a word, and a final form "ם" used at the end of a word, known as Mem Sofit. This letter also holds significant numerical value in gematria, representing the number 40, and is commonly found in religious texts and everyday writing within the Hebrew language.