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ALPHABET, HEBREW — The origin of alphabetic script has always been a subject of human curiosity. According to Greek mythology, script was brought to Greece from Phoenicia. This tradition was accepted by the Greek and Roman writers, some of whom developed it even… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
alphabet — /al feuh bet , bit/, n. 1. the letters of a language in their customary order. 2. any system of characters or signs with which a language is written: the Greek alphabet. 3. any such system for representing the sounds of a language: the phonetic… … Universalium
Alphabet of Akiba ben Joseph — Rabbinic Literature Talmudic literature Mishnah • Tosefta Jerusalem Talmud • Babylonian Talmud Minor tractates Halakhic Midrash Mekhilta de Rabbi Yishmael (Exodus) Mekhilta de Rabbi Shimon (Exodus) Sifra (Leviticus) Sifre (Numbers Deuteronomy)… … Wikipedia
Alphabet — [ William Caslon, letter founder; from the 1728 Cyclopaedia .] An alphabet is a standardized set of letters mdash basic written symbolsmdash each of which roughly represents a phoneme, a spoken language, either as it exists now or as it was in… … Wikipedia
Alphabet book — An Alphabet book is a book primarily designed for younger readers and writers. It presents letters of the alphabet with corresponding words and/or images. Some alphabet books feature capitals and lower case letter forms, keywords beginning with… … Wikipedia
Hand (hieroglyph) — Hand (also, letter d ) in hieroglyphs … Wikipedia
hand language — noun : communication by means of a manual alphabet : dactylology … Useful english dictionary
one-hand — one handed one hand ed, a. Employing one hand; as, the one hand alphabet. See {Dactylology}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Two-hand — a. Employing two hands; as, the two hand alphabet. See {Dactylology}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
manual alphabet — hand signals that represent the letters of the alphabet used by the deaf … English contemporary dictionary
