אלפא

אלפא

Aramaic

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ʔɛlpɑʔ/

Noun

אלפא • (transliteration needed) f (plural אלפא)

1. ship, boat, galley

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ʔalpɑʔ/

Noun

אלפא • (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

1. Greek letter Α

Numeral

אלפא • (transliteration needed) m (plural אלפיא‎ or אלפא)

1. thousand

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Hebrew

Proper noun

אַלְפָא • (álfa) f

1. alpha (the first letter of the Greek alphabet)
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Shekalim 3:2:

     ‏רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר, יְוָנִית כָּתוּב בָּהֶן — אַלְפָ״א בֵּיתָ״א גַמְלָ״א‎

     Rabbi Yishma'el omer, y'vanit katuv ba-hen — alfa, beta, gamla.

     Rabbi Ishmael says, Greek was written on them — alpha, beta, gamma.

2. (Mishnaic Hebrew) primary, first
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Menachot 8:3:

     ‏תְּקוֹעָה אַלְפָא לַשֶּׁמֶן. אַבָּא שָׁאוּל אוֹמֵר, שְׁנִיָּה לָהּ רֶגֶב בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן.‎‎

     T'qo'ah alfa la-shémen. Ábba Sha'ul omer, shniyyah lah Régev b-'éver ha-Yarden.

     Tekoa is first for oil. Abba Shaul says, secondary to it is Regeb in the Transjordan.

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Etymology

From Aramaic אַלְפָּא‎ (ʾalpā).

Numeral

אלפא (ʾalpa) (plural אלפיה‎ (ʾalpe) or אלפאהיה‎ (ʾalpāhe) or אלפאייה‎ (ʾalpāye))

1. thousand

Usage notes

• The plural אלפיה (ʾalpe) is used in combination with other numerals, as in ארבא אלפיה (ʾarba ʾalpe, “four thousand”). The other plurals are used otherwise.