סמ"ך, Samekh, name of the fifteenth letter of the Alphabet. Gen. R. s. 17; Yalk. ib. 23 מתחלת הספר ועד כאן אין כתיב סמ"ך … נברא סֹטן from the beginning to this verse (Gen. II, 21) there is no Samekh; when Eve was created Satan (temptation) was created (Gen. R. l. c. שטן). Meg. 2ᵇ; Y. ib. I, 71ᶜ top ס׳ מעשה ניסים the letter S. (on the tablets of the Ten Commandments) was suspended by a miracle. Sabb. 66ᵃ, v. סִימָנָא I; a. fr.—Pl. סַמְכִין. Ib. 103ᵇ, v. מ"ם.