![]() ![]() The number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet, their order, their names, and their phonetic values are virtually identical to those of the Aramaic alphabet, as both Hebrews and Arameans borrowed the Phoenician alphabet for their uses during the end of the 2nd millennium BC. The Hebrew alphabet was in origin an abjad, in other words it had letters for consonants only, but means were later devised to indicate vowels, first by using consonant letters as matres lectionis, later by separate vowel points or niqqud. The Hebrew word for "alphabet" is אלף-בית ( alef-bet), named after the first two letters of the Hebrew alphabet. It is has also been used in mildly adapted forms for writing several languages of the Jewish diaspora, most famously Yiddish, Ladino, and Judaeo-Arabic (for a full and detailed list, see Jewish languages). The Hebrew alphabet is a set of 22 letters used for writing the Hebrew language. ![]() For Hebrew diacritical marks, see niqqud (for the vowel points) and cantillation. Template:Alphabet Template:SpecialCharsNote This article is mainly about Hebrew letters. ![]()
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