Aleph (letter of the Phoenician alphabet)

In Phoenician, the letter Aleph (𐤀) denoted the laryngeal bow .

According to the most common versions, Aleph (like the rest of the letters of the Phoenician alphabet) goes back to the Egyptian hieroglyph. It is assumed that initially the pictogram from which the symbol originated indicated the ox or bull in Phoenician. Its inscription comes from the letter of the Protosinai alphabet , which, in turn, comes from the Egyptian hieroglyph depicting the head of a bull.

• Greek : Α, α (alpha)
  • Cyrillic : A, a
  • Etruscan : 𐌀
    • Latin : A, a
• Aramaic : 𐡀
  • Syriac : ܐ
    • Arabic : ﺍ (aliph)
  • Jewish : א (Aleph)