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| Letter | Name[1] | Meaning | Phoneme | Origin | Corresponding letter in | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image | Text | Variant | Samaritan | Hebrew | |||||||||||
| 𐤀 | ʾālep | head of cattle (אלף) | ʾ [ʔ] | 𓃾 | ࠀ | א | |||||||||
| 𐤁 | bēt | house (בית) | b [b] | 𓉐 | ࠁ | ב | |||||||||
| 𐤂 | gīml | throwing stick (?) | g [ɡ] | 𓌙 | ࠂ | ג | |||||||||
| 𐤃 | dālet | door (דלת) | d [d] | 𓇯 | ࠃ | ד | |||||||||
| 𐤄 | hē | jubilation/window[2] | h [h] | 𓀠? | ࠄ | ה | |||||||||
| 𐤅 | wāw | hook (וו) | w [w] | 𓏲 | ࠅ | ו | |||||||||
| 𐤆 | zayin | weapon (זין) | z [z] | 𓏭 | ࠆ | ז | |||||||||
| 𐤇 | ḥēt(?) | courtyard/thread[2] | ḥ [ħ] | 𓉗/𓈈? | ࠇ | ח | |||||||||
| 𐤈 | ṭēt | wheel (?)[3] | ṭ [tˤ] | ? | ࠈ | ט | |||||||||
| 𐤉 | yōd | arm, hand (יד) | y [j] | 𓂝 | ࠉ | י | |||||||||
| 𐤊 | kāp | palm of a hand (כף) | k [k] | 𓂧 | ࠊ | כך | |||||||||
| 𐤋 | lāmed | goad (למד)[4] | l [l] | 𓌅 | ࠋ | ל | |||||||||
| 𐤌 | mēm | water (מים) | m [m] | 𓈖 | ࠌ | מם | |||||||||
| 𐤍 | nūn | fish (נון)[5] | n [n] | 𓆓 | ࠍ | נן | |||||||||
| 𐤎 | sāmek | pillar, support (סמך[6]) | s [s] | 𓊽 | ࠎ | ס | |||||||||
| 𐤏 | ʿayin | eye (עין) | ʿ [ʕ] | 𓁹 | ࠏ | ע | |||||||||
| 𐤐 | pē | mouth (פה) | p [p] | 𓂋 | ࠐ | פף | |||||||||
| 𐤑 | ṣādē | ?[7] | ṣ [sˤ] | ? | ࠑ | צץ | |||||||||
| 𐤒 | qōp | ?[8] | q [q] | ? | ࠒ | ק | |||||||||
| 𐤓 | rēš | head (ריש) | r [r] | 𓁶 | ࠓ | ר | |||||||||
| 𐤔 | šīn | tooth (שין) | š [ʃ] | 𓌓 | ࠔ | ש | |||||||||
| 𐤕 | tāw | mark, sign (תו) | t [t] | 𓏴 | ࠕ | ת | |||||||||
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- after Fischer, Steven R. (2001). A History of Writing. London: Reaction Books. p. 126.
- The letters he and ḥēt continue three Proto-Sinaitic letters, ḥasir "courtyard", hillul "jubilation" and ḫayt "thread". The shape of ḥēt continues ḥasir "courtyard", but the name continues ḫayt "thread". The shape of he continues hillul "jubilation" but the name means "window".[citation needed] see: He (letter)#Origins.
- "The old explanation, which has again been revived by Halévy, is that it denotes an 'ape,' the character Q being taken to represent an ape with its tail hanging down. It may also be referred to a Talmudic root which would signify an 'aperture' of some kind, as the 'eye of a needle,' [...] Lenormant adopts the more usual explanation that the word means a 'knot'." Isaac Taylor, History of the Alphabet: Semitic Alphabets, Part 1, 2003.