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/ˈæləf/ /ˈɑːləf/

Meanings

noun

Álef

The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀, Aramaic 𐡀, Syriac ܐ, Hebrew א and Arabic ا.

Examples :

En la clase de hebreo, aprendimos que la primera letra, con forma de aliento silencioso, se llama «álef».