אלף

Hebrew (Modern Ashkenazic)

numeral

Definitions

thousand, one thousand

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʾalp- (ox, head of cattle, thousand, ox in a yoke).

Origin

Proto-Semitic

*ʾalp-

Gloss

ox, head of cattle, thousand, ox in a yoke

Concept

Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

aleph English
alef-nulla Hungarian
álef Hungarian
álef Spanish, Castilian
آلَاف Arabic
阿列夫 Chinese
*ʾallipa Proto-Semitic
*ʾalp- Proto-Semitic
𐤀𐤋𐤐 Phoenician
𐎀𐎍𐎔 Ugaritic
𐤀𐤋𐤐 Moabite