Aleph

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Hebrew letter grapheme

Aleph is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, traditionally associated with the numerical value one and often symbolizing unity or the divine in Jewish mysticism and tradition.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Alef 1
אֶלֶף 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew letter ⓘ
grapheme ⓘ
alphabet Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
appearsIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

rabbinic literature ⓘ
associatedWith God ⓘ
the divine ⓘ
unity ⓘ
direction right-to-left ⓘ
followedBy Bet ⓘ
gematriaRange 1–9 ⓘ
hasCalligraphicStyle Rashi script ⓘ
tefillin ⓘ
surface form: STaM (Sefer Torah, Tefillin, Mezuzot)

modern Hebrew print ⓘ
hasFinalForm no ⓘ
hasGematriaCategory units ⓘ
hasNumericalValue 1 ⓘ
isMaterLectionis yes ⓘ
letterType consonant ⓘ
nameInHebrew Aleph self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: אֶלֶף
numeralSystem Hebrew numerals ⓘ
originatesFrom Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Canaanite aleph
phoneticValue glottal stop ⓘ
silent consonant ⓘ
positionInAlphabet 1 ⓘ
precededBy none ⓘ
relatedLetter Arabic Alif ⓘ
Syriac alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Syriac Alaph
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
represents vowel carrier ⓘ
script Hebrew script ⓘ
symbolizes beginning ⓘ
oneness of God ⓘ
transcendence ⓘ
transliteration ʼ ⓘ
ʾ ⓘ
transliterationSystem DIN 31635 ⓘ
ISO 259 ⓘ
unicodeCharacter א ⓘ
unicodeCodePoint U+05D0 ⓘ
usedIn Hebrew ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew language

Jewish liturgy ⓘ
Jewish mysticism ⓘ
Kabbalah ⓘ
Ladino language ⓘ
Torah ⓘ
surface form: Torah text

Yiddish ⓘ
surface form: Yiddish language
writingSystemFamily Abjad ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Hebrew alphabet → hasLetter → Aleph ⓘ
Go → influencedBy → Aleph ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alef
Aleph → nameInHebrew → Aleph self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: אֶלֶף
Gesaffelstein → notableWork → Aleph ⓘ
Aleph → originalTitle → Aleph ⓘ