aleph
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 5
/ˈɑˌlɛf/
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/ˈɑˌlɛf/ · /ˈɑˌlɪf/
Definition of aleph
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, ʾaleph), Aramaic 𐡀 (ʾ), Classical Syriac ܐ ('ālaph), Hebrew א (aleph) and Arabic ا (ʾalif).
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noun
- The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, ʾaleph), Aramaic 𐡀 (ʾ), Classical Syriac ܐ ('ālaph), Hebrew א (aleph) and Arabic ا (ʾalif).
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The cardinality of an infinite well-ordered (or well-orderable) set.
“The axiom of choice is equivalent to the proposition that every infinite cardinal is an aleph.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew אלף (álef). Doublet of alpha and alif.
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