א

Modification of Aramaic 𐡀‎ (ā, ē, “Ālef”), closely related to Syriac ܐ‎ (“Ālap, Olaf”) and Arabic ا‎ (ā ʾ, “alif”), ultimately from Phoenician 𐤀‎ (“alef”).

א

1. The first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

א

1. (mathematics) ℵ (a transfinite cardinal number)

• aleph-null

• Appendix:Hebrew script
• Wide: ﬡ

• (phoneme, usually) IPA^(key): /ʔ/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /alef/

א • (') (Hebrew letter)

1. Aleph or alef: the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, coming before ב‎.
2. The numeral 1 in Hebrew numbering.

• In Modern Israeli Hebrew, א‎ (“alef”) represents either a glottal stop (/ʔ/), or has no pronunciation besides that of the vowel attached to it. The pronunciation varies from group to group.
• א‎ (“alef”)—along with the other guttural letters, ע‎ (ʿ, “ayin”), ר‎ (r, “resh”), ה‎ (h, “he”), and ח‎ (ḥ, “ḥêṯ”)—cannot receive a dagesh (the dot in בּ‎ (b, “bet”), which can appear in most other Hebrew letters), although there are rare examples where the Masoretes added a dagesh to it.
• א‎ (“alef”) is sometimes used to denote a vowel (usually /a/) in words of Aramaic and Arabic origin, in foreign names, and in some other borrowed words.

• מ-א׳ ועד ת׳‎ (miálef ve'ád tav)
• א״א‎ (álef álef)
• סוג א׳‎ (sug álef)
• יום א׳‎ (yom álef)
• אינו יודע צורת א׳‎ (einó yodéa' tzurát álef)
• לא ב-א׳ רבתי‎ (lo beálef rabbatí)
• אלפבית‎ (álef beit)
• א׳ אפס‎ (álef éfes)

• (Hebrew script letters) א,‏ ב‎,‏ ג‎,‏ ד‎,‏ ה‎,‏ ו‎,‏ ז‎,‏ ח‎,‏ ט‎,‏ י‎,‏ כ‎ך‎,‏ ל‎,‏ מ‎ם‎,‏ נ‎ן‎,‏ ס‎,‏ ע‎,‏ פ‎ף‎,‏ צ‎ץ‎,‏ ק‎,‏ ר‎,‏ ש‎,‏ ת‎

א

1. The first letter in the Yiddish alphabet, shtumer alef (precedes ו‎ or י‎ to indicate a word-initial vowel)

• א (∅), אַ‎ (a), אָ‎ (o), ב‎ (b), בּ‎ (b), בֿ‎ (v)[[Category:|א]], ג‎ (g), ד‎ (d), דזש‎ (dzh), ה‎ (h), ו‎ (u), וּ‎ (u), וֹ‎ (o), װ‎ (v), ױ‎ (oy), ז‎ (z), זש‎ (zh), ח‎ (kh)[[Category:|א]], ט‎ (t), טש‎ (tsh), י‎ (y), יִ‎ (i), ײ‎ (ey), ײַ‎ (ay), כּ‎ (k)[[Category:|א]], כ‎ (kh), (ך‎ (kh)), ל‎ (l), מ‎ (m), (ם‎ (m)), נ‎ (n), (ן‎ (n)), ס‎ (s), ע‎ (e), פּ‎ (p), פֿ‎ (f), פ‎ (f), (ף‎ (f)), צ‎ (ts), (ץ‎ (ts)), ק‎ (k), ר‎ (r), ש‎ (sh), שׂ‎ (s)[[Category:|א]], תּ‎ (t)[[Category:|א]], ת‎ (s)[[Category:|א]]