U+0800 "ࠀ" Samaritan Letter Alaf Unicode Character

U+0800 "ࠀ" Samaritan Letter Alaf is the first letter of the Samaritan alphabet, representing the glottal stop sound /ʔ/, analogous to the Hebrew letter Aleph. It is part of the Samaritan script, a direct descendant of the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet used primarily by the Samaritan community for liturgical and scholarly purposes in their Torah and religious texts. This character holds a fundamental place in Samaritan writing, serving as the initial glyph in their alphabetical order and appearing in ancient manuscripts that preserve a distinct tradition of Hebrew language and scripture.