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sa·mekh

 (sä′mĕk, -məKH)
n.
The 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See Table at alphabet.

[Hebrew sāmek, of Phoenician origin; see smk in Semitic roots.]
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samekh

(ˈsɑːmək; Hebrew ˈsamɛx) or

samech

n
(Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) the 15th letter in the Hebrew alphabet (ס) transliterated as s
[Hebrew, literally: a support]
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sa•mekh

or sa•mech

(ˈsɑ məx)

n.
the 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
[1820–30; < Hebrew sāmekh, akin to sāmakh he supported]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.samekh - the 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script - a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino)
alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"
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Musser, P.; Musser, M., Caskey, M., Samek, L., Kim, Y., Greene, W., Carpenter, J.
Vlastimil Samek, Director, United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) shared his thoughts and encouraged the youth to foster values of peace and multilateralism for sustainable development by use of knowledge.
Vlastimil Samek, Acting Director of United Nation Information Center in Islamabad, Pakistan, praised the model United Nation organized by students.
Vlastimil Samek, Director, UN Information Centre shared his thoughts and encouraged the youth to foster values of peace and multilateralism for sustainable development by use of knowledge.
Thankfully, police managed to prevent a collision, but believe the car may have been in autopilot mode when Alexander Samek fell asleep.
Co-founded by Brad Korzen, Brian De Lowe, and Alex Samek, Proper Hospitality unveiled its first project in June 2016 with Hollywood's Proper Residences, then followed up with its first hotel in San Francisco.
The synagogue had an educated set of members including four doctors, with surnames Ballon, Davis, Kahn, and Sapier, and three dentists with surnames Friend, Horwich, and Samek. Davis and Kahn are also town councillors.
Additionally, family systems theory purports that when family members disagree (i.e., discordance) on family factors (e.g., family functioning, encouragement to diet), there is a higher risk of family members engaging in unhealthy behaviors (e.g., adolescent and parents are discordant on family functioning and adolescent engages in more risk-taking behaviors; Levin, Kirby, & Currie, 2012; Samek & Rueter, 2011).
The agreement was signed by the Chairman, Peshawar Zalmi and Zalmi Foundation, Javed Afridi and Director, a.i UNIC, Vlastimil Samek.
Patron in Chief of Pakistan Sweet Home Zamarrud Khan, Director of United Nations Information Centre Vlastimil Samek and Resident Coordinator of United Nations Pakistan Neil Buhne and a large number of PSH children also attended the celebrations.