The Mysteries of the Alphabet: The Origins of WritingWhy is A the first letter of the alphabet? Why is O round? This work tells how Protosinaic pictograms - derived from Egyptian heiroglyphics and discovered in the Sinai only at the beginning of the 20th century - changed throughout the millennia and left their trace on our alphabet. |
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... lamed letters in the expression " dedicated to Baalat , " yihud lebaalat . There is a lamed facing a different way in the words mehaev baalat , " lover of Baalat . " Baalat was the name of the goddess . It is interesting to note that ...
... lamed letters in the expression " dedicated to Baalat , " yihud lebaalat . There is a lamed facing a different way in the words mehaev baalat , " lover of Baalat . " Baalat was the name of the goddess . It is interesting to note that ...
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... Lamed beth ayin lamed tav- le baalat " for Baalat . " Inscription No. 345 ( left - hand side ) In fact , the shape was rotated 90 ° to produce d . ? A proto - Canaanite form that rounds the tip of the goad has also been found : 6 ; this ...
... Lamed beth ayin lamed tav- le baalat " for Baalat . " Inscription No. 345 ( left - hand side ) In fact , the shape was rotated 90 ° to produce d . ? A proto - Canaanite form that rounds the tip of the goad has also been found : 6 ; this ...
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... LAMED L NAME L is the initial letter of the Hebrew word lamed , which represents an ox goad . ORIGINAL FORMS IN PROTO - SINAITIC Ox goad or rope or scepter . CLASSIC FORMS OF THE LAMED IN CLASSICAL AND MODERN HEBREW Square script ...
... LAMED L NAME L is the initial letter of the Hebrew word lamed , which represents an ox goad . ORIGINAL FORMS IN PROTO - SINAITIC Ox goad or rope or scepter . CLASSIC FORMS OF THE LAMED IN CLASSICAL AND MODERN HEBREW Square script ...
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ACQUIRED MEANINGS PERPETUATED acrophony Akkadian aleph Ancient Hebrew Arabic Aramaic Archaic Greek Archeography ayin Baalat became becomes beth Byblos camel CLASSIC FORMS CLASSICAL AND MODERN cuneiform cursive Hebrew Cursive script ORIGINAL daleth DERIVATIVE MEANINGS Dynasty Egyptian hieroglyphics eighth century B.C.E. Etruscan alphabet Février fish FORMS IN PROTO-SINAITIC gimmel Greek Script Greek Script Greek head Hebraic HEBREW LANGUAGE HEBREW Square script Hebrew word horizontal lamed Latin letter Mesha stele MODERN HEBREW MODERN HEBREW Square mouth NUMERIC VALUE ORIGINAL FORMS ostracon phonetic pictogram pronounced proto proto-Canaanite proto-Sinaitic alphabet proto-Sinaitic inscriptions represents resh right to left samekh script ORIGINAL MEANINGS seventh century B.C.E. shape shin Sinai sixth century B.C.E. sound Sumerian SUMMARY TABLE tenth century B.C.E. theta third century B.C.E. tion Transition to Greek tsadeh Ugaritic Ugaritic alphabet variations Western alphabets writing written Yehimilk zayin