HEBREW ALPHABET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hebrew alphabet mean? 

• HEBREW ALPHABET (noun)
  The noun HEBREW ALPHABET has 1 sense:

1. a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino)

  Familiarity information: HEBREW ALPHABET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEBREW ALPHABET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Hebraic alphabet; Hebrew alphabet; Hebrew script

Hypernyms ("Hebrew alphabet" is a kind of...):

unicameral script (a script with a single case)

alphabet (a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language)

Meronyms (parts of "Hebrew alphabet"):

taw (the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

shin (the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

sin (the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

resh (the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

qoph (the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

sadhe (the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

pe (the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

Meronyms (members of "Hebrew alphabet"):

heth (the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

teth (the 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

yodh (the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

kaph (the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

lamedh (the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

mem (the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

nun (the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

samekh (the 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

ayin (the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

zayin (the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

waw (the 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

he (the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

daleth (the 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

gimel (the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

beth (the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

aleph (the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet)