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The 3 Letters:
C, L, U
C
No.3
GIMEL GAMMAC CcCc
Sound: g Sound: yes as in yes
HEBREW PHOENICIAN GREEK ROMAN PRESENT-DAY
C – 3
The third letter of the Hebrew alphabet is Gimel (ghee-mel), meaning
camel, and it corresponds to the letter G. There is no C in Hebrew. The
governing influence of Gimel is riches, and camels were often laden with
many rich possessions. Likewise, C’s love to adorn themselves with beau-
tiful clothing and jewelry.
Whether C or G, this letter is good with words because it is a 3. The
camel’s hump holds a lot of water so that it can go for days in the desert
without thirst. When the throat is dry it is difficult to speak. To have a
sufficient amount of water means to have a lubricated throat, and the
throat is the resonator of sound. All 3’s have fluidity of speech, so “camel”
is a perfect name for the 3 letter.
The Greeks took the glyph and called it Gamma. They also used it for
the G consonant. But when the Romans borrowed the symbol, they used
it first for both the sound G and the sound K. They would write “Gaius”
for “Caius.” Later they developed a second symbol, C, for the K sound,
to distinguish the two. C became the third letter of the Roman alphabet.
The letter still means “camel” and camel begins with a C, while in Hebrew
the word is Gimel (Geemel) and starts with a G.