For even deeper etymological Oxen, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleph#Origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleph#Origin > The name aleph is derived from

For even deeper etymological Oxen, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleph#Origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleph#Origin > The name aleph is derived from the West Semitic word for "ox" (as in the Biblical Hebrew word Eleph (אֶלֶף) 'ox'), and the shape of the letter derives from a Proto-Sinaitic glyph that may have been based on an Egyptian hieroglyph, which depicts an ox's head.