In a message dated 99-05-20 05:30:06 EDT, you write:
<< But I don't know the Greek letter sampi. Is that modern
Greek for sigma? >>
It's one of those extra semitic letters that got left out of every day use
(like qoppa and digamma) because it was unnecessary but retained in the
numbering system.
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