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search This article is about the Semitic letter. For the band,
see Qoph (band). Phonemic representation kˤ, q, g Position in
alphabet 19 Numerical value 100 Alphabetic derivatives of the
Phoenician  Qoph or Qop is the nineteenth letter of the Semitic
abjads, including Phoenician Qōp Phoenician qoph.svg, Hebrew Qof
ק, Aramaic Qop Qoph.svg, Syriac Qōp̄ ܩ, and Arabic Qāf ق (in
abjadi order). Its sound value is an emphatic [] or [q]. In
Hebrew gematria, it has the numerical value of 100.  The origin
of qoph is uncertain. It is usually suggested to have originally
depicted either a sewing needle, specifically the eye of a
needle (the Hebrew קוף means "hole"), or the back of a head and
neck (qāf in Arabic meant "nape").[1] According to an older
suggestion, it may also have been a picture of a monkey and its
tail.[2]  Hebrew Qof[edit]  The Oxford Hebrew-English Dictionary
gives the letter Qoph a transliteration value of q or k; and,
when word-final, it may b