QOF
Qof is the nineteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and carries the standard numerical value one hundred. Its ancient letter-name remains uncertain, while later Jewish interpretation develops the letter through language, number, form, holiness vocabulary, and mystical reception.
QOF AT A GLANCE
POSITION — 19
STANDARD VALUE — 100
ORDINAL VALUE — 19
MODERN SOUND — /k/
FINAL FORM — NONE
HOLINESS VOCABULARY
The root קדש supplies genuine Hebrew vocabulary concerning holiness, sacred status, and consecration. Because these words begin with Qof, later interpretation can associate ק with holiness while still distinguishing the meaning of the full root from the letter itself.
QOF = 100
The standard numerical value is objective. Genesis includes prominent occurrences of one hundred, including Abraham’s age at Isaac’s birth and Isaac’s hundredfold yield; connecting those passages specifically to Qof is interpretive.