Hebrew alphabet

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abjad alphabet writing system

The Hebrew alphabet is an ancient consonant-based writing system used primarily for Hebrew and several other Jewish languages, including Judeo-Arabic and Yiddish.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Paleo-Hebrew script 5
Hebrew script 2
Aleph-bet 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abjad ⓘ
alphabet ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
derivedFrom Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
surface form: Aramaic alphabet
hasChronology ancient ⓘ
hasFinalFormLetters Kaf ⓘ
Mem ⓘ
Nun ⓘ
Pe ⓘ
Tsadi ⓘ
hasLetter Aleph ⓘ
Ayin ⓘ
Bet ⓘ
Dalet ⓘ
Gimel ⓘ
He ⓘ
Het ⓘ
Kaf ⓘ
Lamed ⓘ
Mem ⓘ
Nun ⓘ
Pe ⓘ
Qof ⓘ
Resh ⓘ
Samekh ⓘ
Shin ⓘ
Tav ⓘ
Tet ⓘ
Tsadi ⓘ
Vav ⓘ
Yod ⓘ
Zayin ⓘ
hasTraditionalName Hebrew alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Aleph-bet
hasUnicodeBlock Hebrew ⓘ
hasVowelIndicationSystem niqqud ⓘ
ISO15924Code Hebr ⓘ
numberOfLetters 22 ⓘ
relatedTo Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
scriptFamily Northwest Semitic ⓘ
Semitic ⓘ
usedForLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
Judeo-Arabic ⓘ
Judeo-Italian ⓘ
Judeo-Persian ⓘ
Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) ⓘ
surface form: Judeo-Spanish

Judeo-Tat ⓘ
Ladino ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
usedForScripture Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Torah scrolls ⓘ
usedInCountry Israel ⓘ
usedInDiasporaCommunities Jewish communities worldwide ⓘ
usedInReligion Judaism ⓘ
writingDirection right-to-left ⓘ
writingSystemType consonant-based ⓘ

Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Psalm 119 → acrosticPattern → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Ayin → alphabet → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Mem → alphabet → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Resh → alphabet → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Yod → alphabet → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
subject surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Phoenician alphabet → ancestorOf → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Phoenician language → ancestorOf → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paleo-Hebrew script
Proto-Canaanite script → ancestorOf → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paleo-Hebrew script
Proto-Canaanite script → ancestorOf → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Gematria → appliesTo → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Temurah → basedOn → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Proto-Canaanite script → developedInto → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paleo-Hebrew script
Psalm 119 → eachStanzaBeginsWithLetterOf → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
subject surface form: Hannah
Miryam → hasScript → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Hebrew name Rivqah → hasScript → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
subject surface form: Rivqah
David → hasScriptOfOrigin → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Hebrew alphabet → hasTraditionalName → Hebrew alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aleph-bet
Aramaic → hasWritingSystem → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Semitic languages → hasWritingSystem → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hebrew script
Sefer Yetzirah → mainTopic → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Stories and Pictures → originalScript → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Isaac → originalWritingSystem → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
subject surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Nabataean alphabet → relatedTo → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia → script → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Nusach Sefard → script → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Peretz → script → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
The Mare (Dos kleyne mentshele) → script → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Ashkenazi cursive Hebrew → scriptFamily → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
סִיוָן → scriptOfName → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
subject surface form: סיוון
this entity surface form: אלפבית עברי
Persian Jews → scriptUsed → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Punic script → sharesOriginWith → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hebrew script
Dalet → usedIn → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
scribes of Judah → usedScript → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paleo-Hebrew script
Judeo-Arabic → usesAlphabet → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Haketia → usesScript → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Judeo-Persian → usesScriptVariant → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hebrew square script
Hermetic Qabalah → usesSymbolSystem → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Ammonite → writingSystem → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paleo-Hebrew script
Judeo-Iranian languages → writingSystem → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Judeo-Roman → writingSystem → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Judezmo → writingSystem → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Kislev → writingSystem → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Northwest Semitic → writingSystem → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Rashi script → writingSystem → Hebrew alphabet ⓘ