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Assigning numerical value to letters. Whereas the world in general now uses the Arabic numerals: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9, and the later added 0, this was not always so. In Hebrew & Greek each letter of the alphabet is also a number. In Latin, only certain letters are numbers. HEBREW: Alef=1 Bet=2 Gimel=3 Dalet=4 He=5 Waw=6 Zayin=7 Hhet=8 Tet=9 Yod=10 Kaf=20 Lamed=30 Mem=40 Nun=50 Samech=60 Ayin=70 Pe/Fe=80 Tsadde=90 Qof=100 Resh=200 Shin=300 Thau=400 GREEK: Alpha=1 Beta=2 Gamma=3 Delta=4 Epsilon=5 Zeta=6 Eta=7 Theta=8 Iota=9 Kappa=10 Lamda=20 Mu=30 Nu=40 Xi=50 Omicron=60 Pi=70 Rho=80 Sigma=90 Tau=100 Upsilon=200 Phi=300 Chi=400 PSI=500 Omega=600 LATIN: I=1 V=5 X=10 L=50 C=100 D=500 M=1,000
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