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Hebrew alphabet

Scope note

Alphabet of 22 characters of Semitic origin, used from the third century BCE for writing the Hebrew language and later for Yiddish, Ladino, and other languages.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000256146

Broader Terms used

alphabets

Created

13yrs ago

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