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HEBRAIC ALPHABET
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I. (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)
Synonyms:
Hebraic alphabet; Hebrew alphabet; Hebrew script
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Hebraic alphabet" is a kind of...):
alphabet (a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language)
unicameral script (a script with a single case)
Meronyms (parts of "Hebraic 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 "Hebraic 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)
