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Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet

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Zan<br />

Appendix A – <strong>Alphabet</strong> Reconstruction<br />

Pictographic (form): The most <strong>Ancient</strong> picture for this is<br />

, a picture of an unknown agricultural tool, probably a<br />

type of plow, hoe or sickle. The Egyptian hieroglyph<br />

is very similar <strong>and</strong> is a hoe <strong>and</strong> may be the original form<br />

for this letter.<br />

Mnemonic (meaning): Harvest, food -- from the cutting<br />

of the crops with the tool; Fed, Fattened -- from eating<br />

the crops; Jar -- for storing the harvested foods; Broad --<br />

from the broad blade of the tool; Paddle, Ear, Spade --<br />

from their broadness.<br />

Syllabic (name): The Modern <strong>Hebrew</strong> name is !yz / zayin,<br />

a derivative of the two letter word !z / zan, meaning crops,<br />

which is the original Greek name for this letter.<br />

Phonetic (sound): <strong>Hebrew</strong>, Greek <strong>and</strong> Arabic agree that<br />

the sound for this letter is "z".<br />

Hhets<br />

Pictographic (form): There are three possible <strong>Ancient</strong><br />

pictographs for this letter, , <strong>and</strong> . The first is<br />

apparently a string or cord. The second is a man with his<br />

arms extended <strong>and</strong> belongs to the fifth letter hey. The<br />

third is a nomadic tent wall, which is "hhets" in <strong>Hebrew</strong>.<br />

The two horizontal lines are the top <strong>and</strong> bottom <strong>and</strong> the<br />

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