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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
Noun
אָלֶפְבֵּית • (alefbét) m
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