אלפבית

See also: אַלף־בית

Hebrew

Etymology

Simple compound of אָלֶף (álef, “Aleph, the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.”) +‎ בֵּית (bét, “Beth, the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet.”) Compare Arabic أَلِفْبَاء (ʔalifbāʔ).

Attested since at least 1575, in Wolfgang Prommer's Catalogus Hebraicus, an index of Hebrew works at his workplace, the Bavarian State Library.

Pronunciation

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Noun

אָלֶפְבֵּית • (alefbét) m

1. alphabet

Alternative forms

• אָלֶף־בֵּית, אָלֶ״ף-בֵּי״ת

Derived terms

• אָלֶפְבֵּית לָטִינִי (alfabét latíni, “Latin alphabet”)
• אָלֶפְבֵּית עִברִי (alefbét ‘ivrí, “Hebrew alphabet”)
• אָלֶפְבֵּית פוֹנֵטִי בֵּין־לְאֻמִּי (alefbét fonéti beinl'umí)