aleph

[ ah-lif; Hebrew ah-lef ]

noun
  1. the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

  2. the glottal stop consonant or, alternatively, long vowel represented by this letter.

Origin of aleph

1
1250–1300; Middle English <Hebrew āleph, akin to eleph ox

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British Dictionary definitions for aleph

aleph

/ (ˈɑːlɪf, Hebrew ˈaːlɛf) /


noun
  1. the first letter in the Hebrew alphabet (א) articulated as a glottal stop and transliterated with a superior comma (`)

Origin of aleph

1
Hebrew: ox

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