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√ʔLF
▪ ʔLF_1 ‘…’ ↗…
▪ ʔLF_2 ‘…’ ↗… ♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘thousand; to put together, bring together; to habituate; to get accustomed; to soften up; intimate; mate’
▪ From protSem *ʔalp‑ ‘ox’ – Huehnergard2011.
▪ Engl aleph, from Hbr ʔālep ‘aleph’; alpha, alphabet, from Grk alpha; all from Phoen *ʔalp ‘ox’, first letter of the Phoen alphabet.
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