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Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet

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

Mnemonic (meaning): Mark, Sign, Signature,<br />

Identification -- as a marker to identify people, places or<br />

things; Room, Desert, Dwelling -- as marked<br />

Syllabic (name): The Modern <strong>Hebrew</strong>, Arabic <strong>and</strong> Greek<br />

names for this letter is wt / tav (or taw), meaning, mark.<br />

This letter retains the original two-letter word.<br />

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

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

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