Aramaic Letters: Kop

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The next letter of the Aramaic Alphabet is called Kop, pronounced kop (like cop), but with a more audible k at the start, pronounced from the back of the throat, and often transliterated as q. It corresponds to the Hebrew letter Kof in the Hebrew Alphabet. The letters in the Aramaic Alphabet are almost identical to those in Hebrew, but have slightly different names and sometimes slightly different sounds.

  Aramaic audio: Listen to the sound of Kop.

Here is what the Aramaic letter Kop looks like:

Here is how to write Kop:



 
Kop was originally pronounced with a k sound produced from the throat, almost like a q. (This sound is still present in Arabic.) In fact, the letter Kop is often transliterated as q in English, such as in the word Qumran. Now, however, Kop is often pronounced as k, as in the words Korah, Cain, or kill. With many Aramaic speakers today, there is little difference between the pronunciation of Kop and Kap with a dagesh.

Kop has the Gematria (numerical value) of 100.

Practise writing Kop in the grid lines below:









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