kwaw said:
[So ALPh it appears does not mean 'ox' specifically but can mean cattle, cow, bull, calf or ox depending upon context and how it is conjugated.]
Kwaw
From Strongs and Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicons:
ALPh/ALVPh=
masculine noun, plural : cattle, oxen, ALVPh:cows
masculine noun: thousand, chief [duke, governer], ALVPh:chief, friend, intimate
adjective: ALVPh: tame, docile
verb:ALPh: learn[qal],teach[Pi]
So ALPh = cattle, oxen, learn/teach, thousand, chief
and ALVPh = cows, friend, intimate, tame, docile
From Jastrow,
The letter aleph:
as a numeral letter to indicate '1', as a prefix followed by a dagesh meaning 'upon, over'
the word ALPh:
thousand
to join, be joined [ie yoke, yoked]
to become used, to learn, study, train one's self
ALYPh [verb of ALPh] - accustomed, used to.
Piel form: to train, teach,
Ithpa form [ATALPh]: to exercise, practice, exert one's self.
AL"Ph =alef, the first letter of the alphabet.
ALVPh prince, chief ie ALVPhV ShL OLM = 'the worlds chief' [Aleph ie, Adam
kwaw note: Adam - initially male and female or neuter from latin 'ne'=not uter='which of two']
Kwaw