"אָ" meaning in Hebrew

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Character

IPA: /ʔa/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], /a/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], /ʔo/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], /o/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Forms: a/ o [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|he|letter|kamatz variation of|א|cat2=letters with diacritics|sc=Hebr|tr=a/ o}} אָ • (a/ o) (kamatz variation of א)
  1. (Hebrew with niqqud) A variation of the consonant א (“aleph”), using kamatz to indicate a specific ancient vowel, approximately /ɑ/. Tags: Hebrew, letter

Download JSON data for אָ meaning in Hebrew (1.4kB)

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      "ipa": "/a/",
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        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʔo/",
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    {
      "ipa": "/o/",
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        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
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        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ʔo/",
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        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
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      "ipa": "/o/",
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        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
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  "title": "אָ",
  "trace": ""
}

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