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See also:
אַ
,
א
,
ℵ
,
and
Appendix:Variations of "a"
אָ
U+FB2F
,
אָ
HEBREW LETTER ALEF WITH QAMATS
Composition:
א
[U+05D0]
+
◌ָ
[U+05B8]
←
אַ
[U+FB2E]
Alphabetic Presentation Forms
אּ
→
[U+FB30]
Contents
1
Hebrew
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Letter
2
Yiddish
2.1
Pronunciation
2.2
Letter
2.3
Interjection
Hebrew
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Pronunciation
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(
Modern Israeli Hebrew
)
(
usually
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ʔa/
,
/a/
;
(
in some words
)
/ʔo/
or
/o/
Letter
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אָ
•
(
a/ o
) (
kamatz variation of
א
)
(
Hebrew with niqqud
)
A variation of the consonant
א
(
“
aleph
”
)
, using
kamatz
to indicate a specific ancient vowel, approximately
/ɑ/
.
Yiddish
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Pronunciation
edit
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ɔ/
Letter
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אָ
The letter
א
with a
kamatz
, called
קמץ־אַלף
(
komets-alef
)
Interjection
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אָ!
•
(
o!
)
oh
!
exactly
!, just like that!