a·leph (ä l f, -l f)n. The first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See Table at alphabet. [Hebrew '  lep, of Phoenician origin; see  lp in Semitic roots.] |
aleph [ˈɑːlɪf (Hebrew) ˈaːlɛf]
n
(Linguistics / Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) the first letter in the Hebrew alphabet (א) articulated as a glottal stop and transliterated with a superior comma (`)
[Hebrew: ox]
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| Noun | 1. | aleph - the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script - a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino) alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters" |
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