א

Modification of Aramaic 𐡀‎ (ā, ē, “Ālef”), closely related to Syriac ܐ‎ (’, “Ālap, Olaf”) and Arabic ﺍ‎ (ā ʾ, “alif”), ultimately from Phoenician 𐤀‎ (’, “alef”).

א

1. The first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

א

1. (mathematics) ℵ (a transfinite cardinal number)

• aleph-null

• Appendix:Hebrew script
• Wide: ﬡ

• (phoneme, usually) IPA^(key): /ʔ/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /alef/

א • (') (Hebrew letter alef or aleph)

1. The first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
2. The numeral 1 in Hebrew numbering.

• In Modern Israeli Hebrew, א‎ (’, “alef”) represents either a glottal stop (/ʔ/), or has no pronunciation besides that of the vowel attached to it. The pronunciation varies from group to group.
• א‎ (’, “alef”)—along with the other guttural letters, ע‎ (ʿ, “ayin”), ר‎ (r, “resh”), ה‎ (h, “he”), and ח‎ (ḥ, “hḥêṯ”)—cannot receive a dagesh (the dot in בּ‎ (b, “bet”), which can appear in most other Hebrew letters), although there are rare examples where the Masoretes added a dagesh to it.
• א‎ (’, “alef”) is sometimes used to denote a vowel (usually /a/) in words of Aramaic and Arabic origin, in foreign names, and in some other borrowed words.

• מ-א׳ ועד ת׳‎ (miálef ve'ád tav)
• א״א‎ (álef álef)
• סוג א׳‎ (sug álef)
• יום א׳‎ (yom álef)
• אינו יודע צורת א׳‎ (einó yodéa' tzurát álef)
• לא ב-א׳ רבתי‎ (lo beálef rabbatí)
• אלפבית‎ (álef beit)
• א׳ אפס‎ (álef éfes)

• (Hebrew script letters) א,‏ ב‎,‏ ג‎,‏ ד‎,‏ ה‎,‏ ו‎,‏ ז‎,‏ ח‎,‏ ט‎,‏ י‎,‏ כ‎ך‎,‏ ל‎,‏ מ‎ם‎,‏ נ‎ן‎,‏ ס‎,‏ ע‎,‏ פ‎ף‎,‏ צ‎ץ‎,‏ ק‎,‏ ר‎,‏ ש‎,‏ ת‎

א • (a)

1. The first letter in the Yiddish alphabet.

• א, אַ, אָ, ב, בּ, בֿ, ג, ד, דזש, ה, ו, וּ, וֹ, װ, ױ, ז, זש, ח, ט, טש, י, יִ, ײ, ײַ, כּ, כ, (ך), ל, מ, (ם), נ, (ן), ס, ע, פּ, פֿ, פ, (ף), צ, (ץ), ק, ר, ש, שׂ, תּ, ת