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aleph
aleph
Noun
pl: alephs
In a linguistic context, this term refers specifically to the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It is often used in scholarly discussions regarding ancient manuscripts or theology, carrying a connotation of primacy or the beginning of a sequence.
In mathematical set theory, the term is used as a technical symbol to describe the size of infinite sets. It is most commonly encountered as aleph-null, which represents the smallest infinite cardinal number, the cardinality of the set of all natural numbers.