Lamed
/ˈlɑːmɛd/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The twelfth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of lame form-of, participle, past
Example
More examples"Thence forced away, brave Iphitus, and I, / and Pelias – Iphitus with age was slow, / and Pelias by Ulysses lamed."
Etymology
From Hebrew לָמֶד (lamedh), from Proto-Semitic *lamed- (“goad”) (Hebrew מַלְמָד (malmad, “goad”)). Doublet of lambda.