ʔlp / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root ʔlp: aleph, alpha.

ʔlp

Common Semitic noun *ʔalp-, ox.

a. aleph, from Hebrew ʔālep, aleph;;
b. alpha, alphabet, from Greek alpha. Both a and b from Phoenician *ʔalp, ox, first letter of the Phoenician alphabet.
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