/ah"lif/ ; Heb. /ah"lef/ , n.
1. the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
2. the glottal stop consonant or, alternatively, long vowel represented by this letter.
[ 1250-1300; ME aleph, akin to eleph ox ]
/ah"lif/ ; Heb. /ah"lef/ , n.
1. the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
2. the glottal stop consonant or, alternatively, long vowel represented by this letter.
[ 1250-1300; ME aleph, akin to eleph ox ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012