Qoph
![The main Pronunciations of written <ق> in Arabic dialects.](/Images/godic/202502/05/Pronunciation_of_written_ق_in_Arabic_Dialects0513.png")
![The Maghribi text renders qāf and fāʼ differently than elsewhere would: منكم فقد ضل سواء السبيل فبما نقضهم ميثـٰـقهم لعنـٰـهم وجعلنا قلوبهم قـٰـسية يحرفون الكلم عن مواضعه ونسوا حظاً مما ذكروا به ولا تزال تطلع](/Images/godic/202502/05/Maghribi_script_sura_50513.jpg")
Qoph or Qop (Phoenician Qōp ![](/Images/godic/202502/05/Phoenician_qoph.svg0513.png"){kind=small}
) is the nineteenth letter of the Semitic abjads. Aramaic Qop ![](/Images/godic/202502/05/Qoph.svg0513.png"){kind=small}
is derived from the Phoenician letter, and derivations from Aramaic include Hebrew Qof ק, Syriac Qōp̄ ܩ and Arabic Qāf ق.
Its original sound value was a West Semitic emphatic stop, presumably [kˤ] or [q]. In Hebrew gematria, it has the numerical value of 100.