ἀλεφ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אָלֶף (álef).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.leɸ/ → /a.lef/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.lepʰ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.leɸ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.lef/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.lef/

Noun

ἀλεφ • (aleph) n (indeclinable)

1. aleph, the name for the first letter א of the Hebrew script.

References

• Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “ἀλεφ”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 24