Isaac,
Such playing with the shapes of the letters might look impressive in modern
Hebrew (actually originally Aramaic) block letters, but Hebrew was
originally written using the older ("Pheonician") forms of the letters, most
of which are different enough so that such games don not work.
Yigal Levin
No, it's a different letter, and they are different roots, those with
a kaf and those with a chet
Shoshana,
You are right, but for diversity there is a kaf and there is a xet.
The letter kaf is merely the letter xet turned upon its side. A he is
a xet with a disconnected left leg, a qof is a he with an elongated
leg, and gimel is a cross legged he.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
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