Final letters

Some letters look different when they appear at the end of a word.


Greek:

Only the sigma has a final form.  It looks like σ in the middle of a word and ς at the end of a word.


Hebrew:

The following letters have final forms; see page 3 here or this video

A כ looks like ך when it is the last letter of a word.

A מ looks like ם when it is the last letter of a word.

A נ looks like ן when it is the last letter of a word.

A פ looks like ף when it is the last letter of a word.

A צ looks like ץ when it is the last letter of a word.

Eichorn asks whether these letters might have been used to separate words. source

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