אלפבית

See also: אַלף־בית‎

Hebrew

Etymology

Simple compound of אָלֶף‎ (álef, “Aleph, the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.”) +‎ בֵּית‎ (bét, “Beth, the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet.”) Compare Arabic أَلِفْبَاء‎ (ʔalifbāʔ).

Attested since at least 1575, in Wolfgang Prommer's Catalogus Hebraicus, an index of Hebrew works at his workplace, the Bavarian State Library.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

אָלֶפְבֵּית • (alefbét) m

alphabet

Alternative forms

אָלֶף־בֵּית‎, אָלֶ״ף-בֵּי״ת‎

Derived terms

אָלֶפְבֵּית לָטִינִי‎ (alfabét latíni, “Latin alphabet”)
אָלֶפְבֵּית עִברִי‎ (alefbét ‘ivrí, “Hebrew alphabet”)
אָלֶפְבֵּית פוֹנֵטִי בֵּין־לְאֻמִּי‎ (alefbét fonéti beinl'umí)

References

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