Alef bet (אלף בית) means ABC in Hebrew.
It is a phrase, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
אלף בית
alef bet
phrase
In English
ABC
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Alef bet.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אלפבית; מערכת האותיות של שָֹפָה.
- 2עממי, בהשאלהבסיס, יסוד; העקרונות הראשוניים בתחום, הצעדים הראשונים במלאכה.
The word Alef bet is a phrase.
- Written with vowel points
- אלף בית
- Written without vowel points
- אלף בית
- Said
- alef bet
- Root
- א־ל־פ
- Gematria
- 523
This is how Alef bet is said in other languages.
- English
- ABC
The word Alef bet comes from the root א־ל־פ, like these words.
These words come before and after Alef bet in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Alef bet.
What does Alef bet (אלף בית) mean in Hebrew?
Alef bet (אלף בית) means ABC. It is said alef bet, with the stress on a.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אלף בית of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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