See אלפא on Wiktionary
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"Lishana Deni entries with incorrect language header",
"Lishana Deni lemmas",
"Lishana Deni numerals",
"Lishana Deni terms derived from Aramaic",
"Lishana Deni terms inherited from Aramaic",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"thousand"
],
"links": [
[
"thousand",
"thousand"
]
]
}
],
"word": "אלפא"
}
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