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אלפבית

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אלפבית

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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.

noun אָלֶפְבֵּית · alefbét · אָלֶף־בֵּית · אָלֶ״ף־בֵּי״ת

  1. alphabet

In English

  • alphabet an ordered set of letters used in a language

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MLA

"אלפבית." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

אלפבית. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA

Chicago

"אלפבית." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {אלפבית},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}