aleph

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈɑˌlɛf/
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/ˈɑˌlɛf/ · /ˈɑˌlɪf/

Definition of aleph

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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

  1. 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).
  2. 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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