| א | ב | ג | ד | ה | ו | ז | ח | ט | י | כ | ל | מ | נ | ס | ע | פ | צ | ק | ר | ש | ת |

 

author Roots Aleph author Roots Aleph author Roots Aleph

א

 

ALEPH

 

To the European reader :

 

Where an א is written, a vowel is pronounced. This is frequently A, but can be E, I or O.

 

In Classic Hebrew, that is less spoken today, the א is like a brief sound-stop.

 

Modern speech is less precise.

 

The Hebrew sign Aleph has become a Greek alpha and a modern A, because the Greeks upon hearing the Phoenicians speak written texts, most frequently perceived the sound A where an Aleph stood written.

 

 

 
Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: Monday 9 July 2012 at 17.34.04