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Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet

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Appendix B – Learn <strong>Ancient</strong> <strong>Hebrew</strong><br />

Appendix B - Learn to Read<br />

<strong>Ancient</strong> <strong>Hebrew</strong><br />

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Introduction<br />

Learning to read the ancient <strong>Hebrew</strong> language is a fairly<br />

simple matter since our English alphabet <strong>and</strong> language are<br />

derived from the ancient <strong>Hebrew</strong> alphabet <strong>and</strong> language.<br />

For instance, the picture, name <strong>and</strong> sound of the <strong>Hebrew</strong><br />

letter "", can easily be associated with the word "game".<br />

The picture is a foot, which is used to play games 46 . The<br />

sound for the letter is therefore "g". It is now an easy step<br />

to learning the original name of the letter, which is gam 47 .<br />

In addition, the pictograph of each letter is the origin for<br />

our own English alphabet. The similarities to the ancient<br />

<strong>Hebrew</strong> alphabet <strong>and</strong> ours will also assist in learning the<br />

letters. The letter "G" 48 originated in the <strong>Hebrew</strong> letter<br />

"".<br />

46 The word "game" comes from the Latin "gamb", meaning "leg".<br />

47 The vowels in the names will be pronounced as follows; a = father,<br />

e = grey, i = feet, o = bone, u = tune.<br />

48 The letter "G" was formed out of the letter "C".<br />

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