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Alef or aleph is the first letter of most Semitic alphabets, and usually has the value of a glottal stop or it is silent. In Arabic it is a vowel, usually a or e. The word comes from the Hebrew word for Ox or Thousand.

Here is the aleph in various alphabets:


Hebrew א

Arabic ا

Syriac ܐ

Samaritan à €

Ugaritic ?

Phoenician ?













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