Hebrew alphabet

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

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Hebrew alphabet canonical 101
Paleo-Hebrew script 9
Hebrew script 8

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (121)

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

BHS script Hebrew alphabet
Atbash usesAlphabet Hebrew alphabet
Wikipedia puzzle globe hasWritingSystem Hebrew alphabet
this entity surface form: Hebrew script
Ha-Ari script Hebrew alphabet
Samaritan script derivedFrom Hebrew alphabet
this entity surface form: Paleo-Hebrew script
Samaritan script relatedTo Hebrew alphabet
this entity surface form: Paleo-Hebrew script
Shmuel hasScript Hebrew alphabet
Ze'ev isWrittenInScript Hebrew alphabet
Sefer ha-Ot mainTopic Hebrew alphabet
Yitzhak script Hebrew alphabet
Avi writingSystem Hebrew alphabet
Eretz HaKodesh hasScript Hebrew alphabet
Yarden writingSystem Hebrew alphabet
Oshpitsin hasWritingSystem Hebrew alphabet
חַנָּה script Hebrew alphabet
Babylonian cantillation scriptUsedWith Hebrew alphabet
this entity surface form: Hebrew script
ISO/IEC 8859 designedFor Hebrew alphabet
Eastern Aramaic writingSystem Hebrew alphabet
this entity surface form: Hebrew script
Yishuv usedScript Hebrew alphabet
Avigail hasScript Hebrew alphabet
Imperial Aramaic scriptAncestorOf Hebrew alphabet
Menachem hasScript Hebrew alphabet
Kfar Saba, Israel hasWritingSystem Hebrew alphabet
subject surface form: Kfar Saba
Eleazar writingSystem Hebrew alphabet
Hebrew Wikinews script Hebrew alphabet
Syriac alphabet relatedTo Hebrew alphabet
Canaanite languages writingSystem Hebrew alphabet
this entity surface form: Paleo-Hebrew script
Judeo-Romance language hasWritingSystem Hebrew alphabet
Dov script Hebrew alphabet
Yehud Medinata hasScript Hebrew alphabet
this entity surface form: Hebrew script
Proto-Canaanite language influenced Hebrew alphabet
this entity surface form: Paleo-Hebrew script
Karaim language scriptHistorical Hebrew alphabet
Uzal writingSystem Hebrew alphabet
Reuven script Hebrew alphabet
נָעֳמִי script Hebrew alphabet
Sharett writingSystem Hebrew alphabet
Chavah script Hebrew alphabet
Ben-Zvi script Hebrew alphabet
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic writingSystem Hebrew alphabet
ISO 259 appliesToScript Hebrew alphabet
this entity surface form: Hebrew script
Hebr designates Hebrew alphabet
this entity surface form: Hebrew script
פְּדָיָה script Hebrew alphabet
Jewish National Council usedScript Hebrew alphabet
Sarei HaMeah usesScript Hebrew alphabet
Zebulon writingSystem Hebrew alphabet
Einat writingSystem Hebrew alphabet
Kiryat Bialik writingSystem Hebrew alphabet
Aharon script Hebrew alphabet
Kiryat Motzkin writingSystem Hebrew alphabet
Zerach writingSystem Hebrew alphabet