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Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet

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<strong>Ancient</strong> <strong>Hebrew</strong> <strong>Language</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Alphabet</strong><br />

pictographs evolved into a cuneiform script (fig. 18)<br />

similar to the Ugaritic.<br />

Figure 17 Sumerian Pictograph on clay tablet c. 3000 BCE<br />

Figure 18 Sumerian Cuneiform on clay tablet c. 2500 BCE<br />

Due to the common origin of all the scripts above,<br />

similarities of the script of different cultures can be<br />

observed. One example is the letter "lamed" that can be<br />

seen in several of the inscriptions above, as well as noting<br />

its similarity to our "L".<br />

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