He (letter)
| He | |
|---|---|
| Phoenician | 𐤄 |
| Hebrew | ה |
| Aramaic | 𐡄 |
| Syriac | ܗ |
| Arabic | ه |
| Phonemic representation | h, (ʔ) |
| Position in alphabet | 5 |
| Numerical value | 5 |
| Alphabetic derivatives of the Phoenician | |
| Greek | Ε |
| Latin | E |
| Cyrillic | Е, Є, Э, Ҩ |
He is the fifth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician hē 𐤄, Hebrew hē ה, Aramaic hē 𐡄, Syriac hē ܗ, and Arabic hāʾ ه. It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪀, South Arabian 𐩠, and Ge'ez ሀ. Its sound value is the voiceless glottal fricative ([h]).
The proto-Canaanite letter gave rise to the Greek Epsilon Ε ε, Etruscan 𐌄, Latin E, Ë and Ɛ, and Cyrillic Е, Ё, Є, Э, and Ҩ. He, like all Phoenician letters, represented a consonant, but the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic equivalents have all come to represent vowel sounds.
