אלפא

• IPA^(key): /ʔɛlpɑʔ/

אלפא • (transliteration needed) f (plural אלפא)

1. ship, boat, galley

• IPA^(key): /ʔalpɑʔ/

אלפא • (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

1. Greek letter Α

From Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- (“thousand; cattle”). Compare Hebrew אֶלֶף (élef).

אַלְפָּא • (ʾalpā) m (plural אַלְפַיָּא, and אלפא)

1. thousand

• Classical Syriac: ܐܠܦܐ
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܠܦܵܐ (alpā)
• Lishana Deni: אלפא (ʾalpa)

• “ˀlp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903), “אֲלַף”, in A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons

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אַלְפָא • (álfa) f

1. alpha (the name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α,  α), followed by beta)
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Shekalim, section 3.2:

     רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר, יְוָנִית כָּתוּב בָּהֶן — אַלְפָ״א בֵּיתָ״א גַמְלָ״א

     Rabbi Yishma'el omer, y'vanit katuv ba-hen — alfa, beta, gamla.

     Rabbi Ishmael says, Greek was written on them — alpha, beta, gamma.

2. (Mishnaic Hebrew) primary, first
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Menachot, section 8.3:

     תְּקוֹעָה אַלְפָא לַשֶּׁמֶן. אַבָּא שָׁאוּל אוֹמֵר, שְׁנִיָּה לָהּ רֶגֶב בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן.

     T'qo'ah alfa la-shémen. Ábba Sha'ul omer, shniyyah lah Régev b-'éver ha-Yarden.

     Tekoa is first for oil. Abba Shaul says, secondary to it is Regeb in the Transjordan.

• זכר אלפא (zachár álfa)

From Aramaic אַלְפָּא (ʾalpā).

אלפא (ʾalpa) (plural אלפיה (ʾalpe) or אלפאהיה (ʾalpāhe) or אלפאייה (ʾalpāye))

1. thousand

• The plural אלפיה (ʾalpe) is used in combination with other numerals, as in ארבא אלפיה (ʾarba ʾalpe, “four thousand”). The other plurals are used otherwise.