Alef

ʾ · glottal stop (silent carrier)

Numeric value: 1
Final form: Information unavailable
Earlier form: 𓃾
Pictograph: ox head

Pictographic senses (tradition)

Picture: ox head

Concrete: ox · bull · cattle

Extended: strength · leader · first · the one in front

History

Descended from the Proto-Sinaitic sign 'alp. In Biblical Hebrew it is a consonant representing a glottal stop, and frequently silent.

Common misconceptions

Alef is often said to "mean" strength or God. It is a letter, not a word; any such association is interpretive, not lexical.

Words containing this letter

אָבאֵבאֲבַגְתָאאֲבַגְתָאאָבַדאֹבֵדאֲבֵדָהאֲבַדֹּהאֲבַדּוֹןאַבְדָןאׇבְדַןאָבָהאָבֶהאֵבֶהאֲבוֹיאֵבוּסאִבְחָהאֲבַטִּיחַאֲבִיאֲבִיאֵלאֲבִיאֵלאֲבִיאָסָףאֲבִיאָסָףאָבִיב