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𐤀 (a)
Ox, strength, leader
Prefix: Turns word into first-person

a - alaph
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a

𐤀 (a)
Ox, strength, leader
Prefix: Turns word into first-person

  • Singular: 𐤀
  • Possessive: 𐤀𐤉
  • Plural: 𐤀𐤉𐤌
  • Linguistic: 𐤀𐤉𐤕
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Categories: Alphabet, Animals
Paleo-HebrewModern Hebrew
Script𐤀א
Transliterationaa
Pronunciationahah

Definition: a, ox, strength, leader, as a prefix it turns a word into first-person

Type: Letter

Research Notes for 𐤀 (a):

  • Is a shortened form of alaph (alph) or alap (alp).
  • 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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Acceptable ways to write it: a; alaph (alph); alap (alp);

Singular

Word: 𐤀
Transliterated: A
Pronounced: aw
Meaning:
➢ ox, strength, leader, power, chief;
➢ Prefix: turns word into first-person

Possessive

Word: 𐤀𐤉
Transliterated: ay
Pronounced: aw-ee
Meaning:
➢ a jackal
➢ an island
➢ if
➢ oh!, ah!
➢ where
➢ non-
➢ not

Plural

Word: 𐤀𐤉𐤌
Transliterated: ayam
Pronounced: aw-yawm
Meaning:
➢ terrible, dreadful, frightful

Linguistic

Word: 𐤀𐤉𐤕
Transliterated: ayat
Pronounced: aw-yawt
Meaning:
➢ a sign
➢ with

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