aleph
/ˈɑːlɛf
/noun
The first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.Lamentations 3 is an acrostic on the Hebrew alphabet, each letter given three lines: three alephs, three beths, three gimmels, and so on....
- So God compensates him by making the aleph the first letter of the word for God.
- In another classic instance of more-is-less, Prior, who was jolted by a sudden vision of a neon aleph in Part I, is now shown the better part of the Hebrew alphabet.
Origin
Middle English: from Hebrew 'ālep̱, literally 'ox' (the character in Phoenician and ancient Hebrew possibly being derived from a hieroglyph of an ox's head).
- walking leg
- walking machine
- walking match
- walking mate
- walking on
- walking orders
- walking out
- walking papers
- walking party
- walking path
- walking place
- walking pneumonia
- walking possession
- walking shoe
- walking staff
- walking stick
- walking-stick insect
- walking-stick palm
- walking sword
- walking ticket
- walking tour
- walking up
- walking whale
- walking wheel
- walking wounded