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The Paleo-Hebrew script (Hebrew: הכתב העברי הקדום), also Palaeo-Hebrew, Proto-Hebrew or Old Hebrew, is the writing system found in Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, including pre-Biblical and Biblical Hebrew, from southern Canaan, also known as the biblical kingdoms of Israel (Samaria) and Judah.
The Original Hebrew Bible (Codex Paleo Americanus) is a free, public domain, easy-to-read Bible with all 39 books of the Old Testament. Verses are presented in the Original Hebrew script, with an English transliteration and translation. Mobile and Tablet Users: We recommend viewing/downloading each book individually. Desktop Computer Users:
Resources include the history of the Ancient Hebrew alphabet, Paleo-Hebrew inscriptions, dictionaries and lexicons, translations, root word studies, learn Biblical Hebrew courses and much more.
Ancient Hebrew Alphabet Chart. This is the ultimate Alphabet Chart, with over 20 alphabets arranged so you can easily compare Hebrew to any of the languages of Biblical and Modern times. Using this chart, you will see how Hebrew has developed over time. High color, laminated: 16.25 X 12.5. Click for details. << Return.
By Jeff A. Benner. The ancient Hebrew alphabet has very little resemblance to the modern Hebrew alphabet, though the modern did evolve out of the ancient. The ancient twenty-two Hebrew letters were originally pictures of animals, tools or parts of the body.
The Paleo-Hebrew alphabet was used between about 1,000 BC and 135 AD to write Ancient Hebrew in the Biblical regions of Israel and Judah. It developed from the Proto-Canaanite script, which was used in Canaan (the Levant) during the Late Bronze Age.
The Hebrew alphabet is a script that was derived from the Aramaic alphabet during the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman periods (c. 500 BCE – 50 CE). It replaced the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet which was used in the earliest epigraphic records of the Hebrew language.
