#3
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(‹C› comes from the same letter as ‹g›)
(the ‘semites’ named it ‘gimel’)
(the ‘sign’ is possibly adapted from an ‘egyptian hieroglyph’ for a ‘staff sling’, which may have been the meaning of the name ‘gimel’)
(another possibility is that it depicted a camel, the semitic name for which was “gamal”)
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