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Categories: Alphabet, Animals
Synonyms:
𐤀

The letter 𐤀 (alaph) or A/a is the first letter in the Afroasiatic language known as Paleo-Hebrew (Ābarayat). The letter has been equated with both the letter A and the letter E in the English language. However, the letter E is mostly associated with Modern Hebrew, whereas it originally came from a branch of the Paleo-Hebrew letter we associate with H in the English language.

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Dictionary Entry for 𐤀 (A)

Table of Contents

Acceptable ways to write it: A, a, alaph (alph), alap (alp), alaf (alf)

Letter Meanings

𐤀 (a) — Ox, strength, leader

Based on the meaning of the letters the word could be defined as:

➢ “strength of…”
➢ “leader of…”
➢ "I…"

Singular

Possessive

Plural

Signature

Ābarayat

𐤀 { A }
Pronounced: aw

Meaning:
➢ ox, strength, leader, power, chief;
➢ Prefix: turns word into first-person

𐤀𐤉 { ay }
Pronounced: aw-ee

Meaning:
➢ a jackal
➢ an island
➢ if
➢ oh!, ah!
➢ where
➢ non-
➢ not

𐤀𐤉𐤌 { ayam }
Pronounced: aw-yawm

Meaning:
➢ terrible, dreadful, frightful

𐤀𐤉𐤕 { ayat }
Pronounced: aw-yawt

Meaning:
➢ a sign
➢ with

English

A { a }
Pronounced: /ā/

Meaning:
➢ the first letter of the alphabet

jackal { jackal }
Pronounced: jak-uhl

Meaning:
➢ any of several nocturnal wild dogs of the genus Canis, especially C. aureus, of Asia and Africa, that scavenge or hunt in packs.

terrible { terrible }
Pronounced: ter-uh-buhl

Meaning:
➢ distressing; severe.

a sign { sign }
Pronounced: sahyn

Meaning:
➢ a token or indication; a piece of evidence.

Masoretic Hebrew

א { a }
Pronounced: /a/

Meaning:
➢ strength, power, apostolic, chief, leader, pillar, oak tree, ram

אי { ay }
Pronounced: ee

Meaning:
➢ an island
➢ where?
➢ a jackal
➢ coast, region

אים { ayom }
Pronounced: aw-yome’

Meaning:
➢ terrible, dreadful

אית { it }
Pronounced: eet

Meaning:
➢ with

Gallery for Singular Term

a - alaph Letter A

Gallery for Possessive Term

Gallery for Plural Term

ayam - terrible ayam - dreadful ayam - dreadful (2)

Gallery for Signature Term

ayat - a sign

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