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HEBREW ALPHABET TABLE  by  A. BERTSCH, 1968

Hebrew alphabet table with Old Caanan and Egyptian hieroglyphic equivalents
                                              click to enlarge (easier to print on a page by itself)

HEADINGS ACROSS TOP:
  1. sequential number in alphabet
  2. Egyptian hieroglyph (began about 3000 BC, contemporaneous with Sumerian cuneiform)
  3. old Canaan writing
  4. modern rectangular writing
  5. transcription
  6. name
  7. meaning of the name
  8. value
MEANINGS OF NAME IN ENGLISH
  1. cattle (oxhead)
  2. house in plan view
  3. throwing stick (a primitive hunting weapon; launches a spear)
  4. door flap
  5. evocation of joy or sorrow
  6. hatchet, how (portrayed as a fork)
  7. weapon (as an arrow)
  8. skein of wool
  9. basket
  10. extended hand
  11. cupped hand (hieroglyph is reeds)
  12. shepherd staff
  13. water
  14. fish (picture: snake)
  15. staff (picture: fish_
  16. eye
  17. open mouth
  18. locust
  19. monkey
  20. head of man
  21. tooth (picture: mountain range)
  22. a mark, "X"
The internet is loaded with junk -- got a good one with more history or examples?
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