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# aleph

noun

«aleph» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah Aleph is one of the three Mother letters, linked to air. It is called the head of all the letters.

**Interpretation.** Aleph has the numerical value one and is silent. Tradition links it with God's oneness, and the Ten Commandments are said to begin with its sound in "Anochi."

### Meaning

The first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aleph/#m1)

### Examples

- all the other letters, and all the other letters with Aleph (א). (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aleph/#x1)
- The Three Mothers are Aleph, Mem and Shin, they are Air, Water and Fire. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aleph/#x2)
- And this is the impress of the whole, twenty-one letters, all from one the Aleph. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aleph/#x3)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «aleph» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aleph/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aleph» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/aleph.html) on Mova free.