Hebrew script

Hebrew script
noun
a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino)
Hypernyms: ↑alphabet, ↑unicameral script
Member Meronyms:
aleph, ↑beth, ↑gimel, ↑daleth, ↑he, ↑waw, ↑zayin, ↑heth, ↑teth, ↑yodh, ↑kaph, ↑lamedh, ↑mem, ↑nun, ↑samekh, ↑ayin
Part Meronyms:
pe, ↑sadhe, ↑qoph, ↑resh, ↑sin, ↑shin, ↑taw

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