Gimel is the third letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Giml , Hebrew 'Gimel , Aramaic Gamal , Syriac Gamal , and Arabic   (in alphabetical order; fifth in spelling order). Its sound value in the original Phoenician and in all derived alphabets, save Arabic, is a voiced velar plosive ; in Modern Standard Arabic, it represents has many standards including , see below.