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Qof: Hebrew letter forms and values

Identify Qof ק, compare standard, ordinal and reduced-letter values, and check קול in its cited Hebrew source.

Ordinary Qof

Published 13 October 2026 · Our editorial approach

Qof and Kaf can sound alike in a beginner’s lesson

Qof identity: alphabet position 19
Form	Character	Unicode code point	Unicode 17.0 name
Ordinary Qof	ק	`U+05E7`	HEBREW LETTER QOF

Qof / Kuf / Kof. Reading cue: k in the basic Modern Hebrew cue.

Qof, ק, occupies the nineteenth position and has standard value 100. Kaf, כ, occupies the eleventh and has standard value 20. The same basic k cue in a Modern Hebrew chart does not make them interchangeable spellings.

In קול, the first letter is Qof. The written Vav belongs to the supplied source form, followed by Lamed. A romanization such as kol cannot on its own decide whether the Hebrew text includes a Vav; copy the source spelling first.

One letter, three explicit values

Qof in Mazalogy’s three methods
Standard	Ordinal	Reduced letters
100	19	1

Qof is the first hundreds letter. Its standard value 100 becomes 1 in reduced-letter counting, while its ordinal position stays 19. These columns preserve different information. The Vav in קול supplies an additional 6 in every method, regardless of its role in the reading.

קול: voice

Pointed source form: קוֹל · reading cue: kol. Genesis 3:8 · Mechon Mamre.

This edition writes the word with Vav in verse 8. The calculation follows that occurrence; it does not silently substitute another occurrence’s spelling or include the following words.

Each actual letter in reading order; pronunciation marks contribute no values
Reading position	Written letter	Base letter	Standard	Ordinal	Reduced letters
1	ק	ק	100	19	1
2	ו	ו	6	6	6
3	ל	ל	30	12	3
Word total			136	37	10

Standard: 100 + 6 + 30 = 136 · Ordinal: 19 + 6 + 12 = 37 · Reduced letters: 1 + 6 + 3 = 10

Its group in the Gra version of Sefer Yetzirah

Qof ק is among the twelve simple letters / elementals listed in Gra 5:1: הוזחטילנסעצק. Keep this textual classification distinct from the alphabet position and the arithmetic columns above.

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Sources, dates and conventions

Prepared by Mazalogy with AI assistance. Characters, source-word spellings and calculation rules were checked against the sources and the calculator on 13 October 2026. Reading cues introduce the cited chart; pronunciation varies by community. Source attribution does not imply outside review or endorsement.

English reference edition. Numerical examples retain final forms and actual vowel letters while ignoring pronunciation marks. Final forms keep base-letter values in all three methods. Reduced letters are added without reducing the completed word total again.