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aleph

noun
/ˈɑˌlɛf/

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from אלף

Definitions

  1. The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended…

    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).

  2. The cardinality of an infinite well-ordered (or well-orderable) set.

    • The axiom of choice is equivalent to the proposition that every infinite cardinal is an aleph.

The neighborhood

Derived

aleph-beth, aleph-null, aleph-one, aleph-zero, since aleph

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for aleph. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA