aleph
The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended…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).
» Look, little children, remember, dears, what you learn here. Say again and again: kometz aleph, O!
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Examples
1 sentencesLook, little children, remember, dears, what you learn here. Say again and again: kometz aleph, O!
Meaning
2 sensesThe 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).
Aleph, Alef
а́лефálef, а́лифálif
The cardinality of an infinite well-ordered (or well-orderable) set.
The axiom of choice is equivalent to the proposition that every infinite cardinal is an aleph.
- the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Origin
Borrowed from Hebrew אָלֶף (álef). Doublet of alpha and alif.Borrowed from Hebrew אָלֶף (álef). Doublet of alpha and alif.
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