Definition of ALEPH

aleph

Meanings

Plural: alephs

Noun

  • the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
  • 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).
  • The cardinality of an infinite well-ordered (or well-orderable) set.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אלף (álef). Doublet of alpha and alif.

Scrabble Score: 10

aleph is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
aleph is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
aleph is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

aleph is a valid Words With Friends word