aleph

«aleph» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The first letter of the Hebrew alphabet — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

The first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah Aleph is one of the three Mother letters, linked to air. It is called the head of all the letters. Interpretation: Aleph has the numerical value one and is silent. Tradition links it with God's oneness, and the Ten Commandments are said to begin with its sound in "Anochi."

examples

• all the other letters, and all the other letters with Aleph (א). (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• The Three Mothers are Aleph, Mem and Shin, they are Air, Water and Fire. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• And this is the impress of the whole, twenty-one letters, all from one the Aleph. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «aleph» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.