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samek 
 mem

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samek 
 mem

Placement

Listed with preference to original pronunciation over modern, and categorized by their primary place of articulation, with double letters categorized in their weak aspirated form:

Group A — Throat (4)

See gutturals

glottal (voiceless: alef, hey)

pharyngeal (voiceless: khet, voiced: eyin)

Group C — Palate (4)

uvular (voiceless: qof)

velar (voiceless: kaf, voiced: gimel)

palatal (voiced: yod)

Group E — Through the Teeth (6)

postalveolar (voiceless: shin)

alveolar (voiceless: samek, tsadi, voiced: zeyin, resh, nun*)

* because air doesn't pass through the teeth with nun, it is sometimes classified as a post-dental

Group D — Tongue (4)

lateral (voiced: lamed)

post-dental (voiceless: tet as /t/, tav as /θ/, voiced: dalet as /ð/)

Group B — Lips (4)

labiodental (voiceless: peh as /f/, voiced: bet as /v/)

labial (voiced: vav as /w/, mem)

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