Etymology

aleph

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Today it means: The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, ʾaleph), Aramaic 𐡀 (ʾ), Classical Syriac ܐ ('ālaph), Hebrew א (aleph) and Arabic ا (ʾalif). Full definition →

Hebrew אָלֶף
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromאָלֶף
  2. English todayaleph

Borrowed from Hebrew אָלֶף (álef). Doublet of alpha and alif.

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