Aleph

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Aleph is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, traditionally associated with the numerical value one and often symbolizing unity or the divine in Jewish mysticism and tradition.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Aleph canonical 5
Alef 2
אֶלֶף 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew letter
grapheme
alphabet Hebrew alphabet
appearsIn Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

rabbinic literature
associatedWith God
the divine
unity
direction right-to-left
followedBy Bet
gematriaRange 1–9
hasCalligraphicStyle Rashi script
STaM (Sefer Torah, Tefillin, Mezuzot)
linked to: tefillin

modern Hebrew print
hasFinalForm no
hasGematriaCategory units
hasNumericalValue 1
isMaterLectionis yes
letterType consonant
nameInHebrew אֶלֶף
linked to: Aleph
numeralSystem Hebrew numerals
originatesFrom Proto-Canaanite aleph
phoneticValue glottal stop
silent consonant
positionInAlphabet 1
precededBy none
relatedLetter Arabic Alif
Syriac Alaph
linked to: Syriac alphabet
religiousTradition Judaism
represents vowel carrier
script Hebrew script
symbolizes beginning
oneness of God
transcendence
transliteration ʼ
ʾ
transliterationSystem DIN 31635
ISO 259
unicodeCharacter א
unicodeCodePoint U+05D0
usedIn Hebrew language
linked to: Hebrew

Jewish liturgy
Jewish mysticism
Kabbalah
Ladino language
Torah text
linked to: Torah

Yiddish language
linked to: Yiddish
writingSystemFamily Abjad

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hebrew alphabet hasLetter Aleph
Go influencedBy Alef
linked to: Aleph
Aleph originalTitle Aleph
Aleph nameInHebrew אֶלֶף
linked to: Aleph
Gesaffelstein notableWork Aleph
Newsqueak relatedTo Alef
linked to: Aleph
Shinshukyo hasPart Aleph