Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet

Appendix A – Alphabet Reconstruction
Syllabic (name): Modern Hebrew (beyt), Greek (beta)
and Arabic (beyt) agree with the original name of tb /
bet, meaning, house or tent.
Phonetic (sound): The Modern sounds for this letter are
"b" and "bh" 44 and are probably original.
Gam
Pictographic (form): The earliest known pictograph for
this letter is and is probably a picture of a foot similar
to the Egyptian Hieroglyph .
Mnemonic (meaning): Walk, Gather, Carry -- the
function of the foot; Group -- a gathering of people or
things.
Syllabic (name): The Modern Hebrew name for this
letter is gimel. The Greek (gamma) and Arabic (jeem)
names for this letter, provide us with the original two
letter name of ~g / gam meaning to gather.
Phonetic (sound): The Modern Hebrew and Greek agree
that the letter is pronounced "g" while Arabic has the
sound "j", a derivative of the sound "g".
44 It is a common practice among Latin languages to add an "h" to a
consonant to show a different sound, such as p-ph, c-ch, t-th, s-sh. In
this case the bh is pronounced as a "v".
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