Definitions for aleph

aleph a·leph

Spelling: [ah-lif; Hebrew ah-lef]
IPA: /ˈɑ lɪf; Hebrew ˈɑ lɛf/

Aleph is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in aleph (aehlp).

Definitions for aleph

noun

  1. the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
  2. the glottal stop consonant or, alternatively, long vowel represented by this letter.

Origin of aleph

1250-1300; Middle English Hebrew āleph, akin to eleph ox

Examples for aleph

Each short clause begins with aleph; each makes the same fervid resolve.

Commonly referred to under the symbol , the Hebrew letter, aleph.

The first begins with aleph, the second with Beth, and so on, the second verse of each pair not being counted in the scheme.

Daneri is using the aleph to write a terrible poem that minutely and pointlessly describes everything on earth.

Word Value for aleph
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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