1) The 10 lbs. bowling ball about to knock over 10 pins in this picture definitely tells us this is the 10th letter.
2) The shape of the raccoon's silhouette (the backside of him from his head to his tail curving out behind him) give us the shape of this letter. That shape is highlighted with orange behind the raccoon for emphasis.
3) The sound of the letter is a rolling R like the R sound in Spanish. There is no R sound in Arabic like the R sound from English. There is however an "Rh" sound (Letter # 19) that is a little like the French R sound. But this is definitely the Spanish R sound. You roll the R in the front of your mouth just like the bowling ball rolling down the road in front of the raccoon.
4) The raccoon is all grey and black--and he's especially famous for the black rings around his eyes--so this is a Dark letter. Vowels will take their dark form of pronunciation following this letter.
5) The raccoon is done raiding trash cans in the night, so he's bowling down the country road during the day for a little R&R. Since this scene is in the day, it's a Solar letter. The R sound gets doubled over any preceding L sounds.
AS A WORD
I. Ri is an irregular imperative verb which means:
-- (you, singular masculine) look!
II. Rii is an irregular imperative verb which means:
-- (you singular feminine) look!
III. Ra'e (remember pronouncing Latin for the glottal stop in between the vowels) means:
-- to see; to behold, view, catch sight of, perceive, discern
Imagine a family is driving down the road, and a kid in the front seat suddenly says, "Look! Dad, there's a raccoon in the road up ahead." Dad stops and Mom wakes up from a nap in the bad seat. More slowly and drawn out, the kid says "Looook Mom, see the raccoon bowling in the road?" To say look to a man is abrupt in the pronunciation of the "i" sound like in "ski" whereas to say look to a woman is drawn out longer like in the word "skiing."
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