aleph
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
aleph /ˈɑːlɛf/
▶noun the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
– origin ME: from Heb. 'ālep̱, lit. ‘ox’ (the character in Phoenician and ancient Heb. possibly being derived from a hieroglyph of an ox's head).
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