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Where does “א” come from?
א (Translingual) comes from Aramaic 𐡀, from Phoenician 𐤀, from Egyptian 𓃾.
א
(Translingual): alef
Definitions
alef
Ancestry of “א”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Aramaic
𐡀
aleph
2
Phoenician
𐤀
ox; aleph; alef
3
Egyptian
𓃾
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