Assertion: aleph | /r/HasProperty | silent
Facets:
value: with no diacritics
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: With no diacritics, aleph is silent; it is written at the beginning of words before vowels spelled with the letter vov or yud.
text: One sage thought that this is because the letter Bet connotes power because of the force of air (ruach, Spirit) being spoken forth; another thought that by starting with a Bet rather than an Aleph, the Almighty was in effect revealing that man did not know the first principles about the creation; and yet another thought that since Aleph is a silent letter, it represents God in His ineffable glory and life, which forever precedes all things (see Isa.
text: Through the tradition of Shin Megami Tensei series, Aleph is a silent protagonist, where his personality is based upon players' actions and decisions.
text: Aleph is known as a silent letter, but it is also a glottal stop.
text: When the LORD asked why, Aleph explained that since he was silent, he had nothing to say.