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 ====== Mother Letters ======
-[[alef]] - mother over the seven [[aspirated]] variants of the [[double]] letters
+[[alef]] - mother over six of the [[aspirated]] variants of the [[double]] letters
-[[mem]] - mother over the seven [[muted]] variants of the [[double]] letters and other [[stops]] ([[alef]], [[eyin]], [[tet]], [[qof]])
+[[mem]] - mother over six of the [[muted]] variants of the [[double]] letters and other [[stop|stops]] ([[eyin]], [[tet]], [[qof]])
-[[shin]] - mother over the [[sibilant]] letters ([[zeyin]], [[samek]], [[tsadi]], and [[shin]])
+[[shin]] - mother over the other [[sibilant]] letters ([[zeyin]], [[samek]], [[tsadi]])
-There are six letters remaining:
+There are nine letters remaining:
-[[heh]], [[vav]], [[khet]], [[yod]], [[mem]], [[nun]]
+<wrap :he>רוח אלהים ... נ</wrap>
+Two glides/semivowels:  [[yod]], [[vav]]
+Two gutturals: [[heh]], [[khet]]
+Two nasals: [[mem]], [[nun]]
+Two liquids: [[lamed]] and [[resh]].
+But, of all the letters, [[resh]] is particularly elusive, as it has traits of a guttural, a double letter, and even somewhat resembling a sibilant (when trilled), a mute/stop (when tapped), or an aspirant when rhotic.