Hebrew letter Aleph
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The Hebrew letter Aleph is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, traditionally representing a glottal stop and often symbolizing the oneness of God in Jewish mysticism and theology.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aleph | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew letter
ⓘ
consonant ⓘ |
| abjadNumericValue | 1 ⓘ |
| alphabet | Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Tanakh
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ⓘ
Torah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Sefirot in Kabbalistic interpretations ⓘ |
| block | Hebrew (Unicode) ⓘ |
| category | guttural consonant in Hebrew grammar ⓘ |
| gematriaSystem |
Mispar gadol
ⓘ
standard Hebrew gematria ⓘ |
| gematriaValue | 1 ⓘ |
| graphemicClass | base consonant letter ⓘ |
| hasCaseDistinction | no ⓘ |
| hasFinalForm | no ⓘ |
| ISO15919Transliteration | ʾālef NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| letterFamily | אחה"ע guttural group ⓘ |
| linguisticFunction |
can carry vowel points (niqqud)
ⓘ
can mark hiatus between vowels ⓘ |
| nameInHebrew | אָלֶף NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| origin | derived from Proto-Sinaitic script ⓘ |
| originMeaning | ox ⓘ |
| positionCategory | non-final-only letter ⓘ |
| positionInAlphabet | 1 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Arabic letter Alif
ⓘ
Greek letter Alpha ⓘ Latin letter A ⓘ Phoenician letter Aleph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInLiturgy | present in many key liturgical words and names ⓘ |
| roleInOrthography |
can indicate presence of a vowel
ⓘ
can serve as a mater lectionis in some traditions ⓘ |
| script | Hebrew script ⓘ |
| soundValue |
glottal stop
ⓘ
silent consonant in many modern Hebrew contexts ⓘ |
| symbolismInJudaism | oneness of God ⓘ |
| symbolismInKabbalah |
mediator between higher and lower worlds
ⓘ
unity of the divine ⓘ |
| transliteration |
Alef
ⓘ
Aleph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | consonantal letter ⓘ |
| UnicodeCodePoint | U+05D0 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Hebrew speakers
ⓘ
Jewish communities worldwide ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Biblical Hebrew
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Mishnaic Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ Modern Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ Yiddish orthography ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.