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HEATHER DIESING and MIKE HUMPREY are having a SECRET AFFAIR!!!!!!!!

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-{{otheruses4|the letter|the abbreviation|MEM|the given name|Mem (given name)}}
-{{Phoenician glyph|letname=Mem|previouslink=Lamedh|previousletter=Lamedh|nextlink=Nun (letter)|nextletter=Nun|archar=م‍,م|sychar=ܡܡ|hechar=מ,ם|amchar=mem|gechar=መ|phchar=mem|ipa=m|num=13|gem=40}}
-'''Mem''' (also spelled '''Meem''' or '''Mim''') is the thirteenth letter of many [[Semitic abjads]], including [[Phoenician language|Phoenician]], [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]], [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] {{Ivrit|מ}} and [[Arabic alphabet]] {{ArabDIN|mīm}} {{lang|ar|م}}. Its value is {{IPA2|m}}.
-The [[Phoenician alphabet|Phoenician letter]] gave rise to the [[Greek alphabet|Greek]] [[Mu (letter)|Mu]] (Μ), [[Etruscan alphabet|Etruscan]]  [[Image:EtruscanM-01.svg|14px|M]] {{Unicode|𐌌}}, [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] [[M]], and  [[Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic]] [[М]].
-==Origins==
-{{Semitic alphabet}}
-Mem is usually assumed to come from the [[Egyptian hieroglyph]]ic symbol for water ([[Image:Water hieroglyph.svg|42px|The hieroglyph n]]) which had been simplified by the [[Phoenicia]]ns and named after their word for water, ''[[:wikt:𐤌𐤌|mem]]'' ([[Image:phoenician mem.png|15px]][[Image:phoenician mem.png|15px]]), ultimately coming from [[Proto-Semitic]] [[:wikt:Appendix:Proto-Semitic *maʾ-|*maʾ-/*may-]].
-==Hebrew Mem==
-{|class=prettytable style="text-align:center;"
-!colspan=5|<small>[[Orthography|Orthographic]] variants</small>
-|-
-!colspan=3|<small>Various Print Fonts</small>
-!rowspan=2|<small>[[Cursive Hebrew|Cursive<br>Hebrew]]</small>
-!rowspan=2|<small>[[Rashi Script|Rashi<br>Script]]</small>
-|-
-!|<small>[[Serif]]</small> !! <small>[[Sans-serif]]</small> !! <small>[[Monospace font|Monospaced]]</small>
-|-
-|width=20%|<span style="font:17pt 'times new roman';">'''מ'''</span>
-|width=20%|<span style="font:17pt 'arial';">מ</span>
-|width=20%|<span style="font:17pt 'courier new';">מ</span>
-|width=20%|[[image:Hebrew letter Mem handwriting.svg|18px]]
-|width=20%|[[image:Hebrew letter Mem-nonfinal Rashi.png|31px]]
-|}
-===Hebrew pronunciation===
-Mem represents a [[bilabial nasal]], ({{IPA2|m}}), like the English [[M]].
-===Variations on written form/pronunciation===
-{|class=prettytable style="text-align:center;"
-!colspan=5|<small>[[Orthography|Orthographic]] variants</small>
-|-
-!colspan=3|<small>Various Print Fonts</small>
-!rowspan=2|<small>[[Cursive Hebrew|Cursive<br>Hebrew]]</small>
-!rowspan=2|<small>[[Rashi Script|Rashi<br>Script]]</small>
-|-
-!|<small>[[Serif]]</small> !! <small>[[Sans-serif]]</small> !! <small>[[Monospace font|Monospaced]]</small>
-|-
-|width=20%|<span style="font:17pt 'times new roman';">'''ם'''</span>
-|width=20%|<span style="font:17pt 'arial';">ם</span>
-|width=20%|<span style="font:17pt 'courier new';">ם</span>
-|width=20%|[[image:Hebrew letter Mem-final handwriting.svg|18px]]
-|width=20%|[[image:Hebrew letter Mem-final Rashi.png|31px]]
-|}
-In Hebrew, Mem, like [[Kaph]], [[Nun (letter)|Nun]], [[Pe (letter)|Pe]], and [[Tzadi]], has a final form, used at the end of words. Its shape changes from '''מ''' to '''ם'''. The pronunciation is not changed.
-===Significance===
-In [[gematria]], Mem represents the number 40. Its final form represents 600 but this is rarely used, [[Taw (letter)|Tav]] and [[Resh]] (400+200) being used instead.
-In the [[Sefer Yetzirah]], the letter Mem is King over Water, Formed Earth in the Universe, Cold in the Year, and the Belly in the Soul.
-The final form of Mem is used in the middle of a word only once in the [[Bible]]. In Isaiah 9:6, it says:
-* '''לםרבה''' (לְמַרְבֵּה) הַמִּשְׂרָה וּלְשָׁלוֹם אֵין-קֵץ.
-*''That the rule may be increased, and of peace there be no end.''
-As an abbreviation, it stands for [[metre]]. In the [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli army]] it can also stand for ''mefaked'', [[commander]]. In Hebrew religious texts, it can stand for [[Names of God in Judaism#Lesser used names of God|the name of God]] '''Makom''', the Place.
-===Mem and Tarot===
-Mem, as the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet is most often associated with [[Death]], Atu XIII. [[Aleister Crowley]], however, in his [[Thoth tarot deck]], assigns [[Nun (letter)|Nun]] to the thirteenth card, and Mem to the [[The Hanged Man (tarot card)|The Hanged Man]].
-==Arabic mīm==
-The letter is named ''mīm'', and is written in several ways depending on its position in the word:
-{{Arabic alphabet shapes|م}}
-''Mīm'' is used in the creation of ''ism'' words (i.e. [[noun]]s and [[adjective]]s; they are treated fundamentally the same in [[Arabic grammar]]). Specifically, ''mīm'' is used in the creation of the ''[[verbal noun|masdar]]'' of Stem III verbs (the ''masdar'' of verbs on the pattern ''fā`ala'' is ''mufā`ala''), of subject and object nouns for verbs of Stems II-X (using the example of Stem II, subject nouns &mdash; called ''fā`il'' words because of their form in Stem I &mdash; are ''mufa``il'', and object nouns &mdash; called ''maf`ūl'' also because of their Stem I form &mdash; take the form ''mufa``al''). Place-nouns are also created with ''mīm''; the pattern ''maf`al'' is used to create ''maktab'' "office" from the [[triliteral]] '''k-t-b''' (to write) and ''maṣna`'' "factory" from '''ṣ-n-`''' (to make).
-{{Hebrew language}}
-{{Arabic language}}
-[[Category:Phoenician alphabet]]
-[[Category:Arabic letters]]
-[[Category:Hebrew alphabet]]
-[[als:ם]]
-[[ar:م]]
-[[arc:ܡܝܡ]]
-[[br:Mem (lizherenn)]]
-[[de:Mem (Hebräisch)]]
-[[es:Mem]]
-[[fa:م]]
-[[fi:Mem]]
-[[fr:Mem (lettre)]]
-[[he:מ]]
-[[ja:م]]
-[[ms:Mim]]
-[[nl:Mem]]
-[[nn:מ]]
-[[th:มีม]]