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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 Paleo-Hebrew Alphabet also known as Ābarayt (Ābryt), the Proto-Hebrew Alphabet, Old Hebrew Alphabet, or Phoenician Hebrew Alphabet is the original Hebrew used by the Hebrew people and Israelites of the Bible.
Paleo-Hebrew Conversion Tool and Paleo Hebrew Alphabet chart. Paleo Hebrew refers to the ancient form of the Hebrew language, also known as Biblical or Ancient Hebrew. It is characterized by its unique Hebrew alphabet and vocabulary found in the Hebrew Bible.
The first five letters of the Hebrew alphabet are aleph, beyt, gimel, dalet and hey. These same letters, adopted by the Greeks, became the alpha , beta , gamma , delta and E-psilon (meaning "simple E").
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.
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.
Originally Hebrew was written with pictographs, what has become known as Paleo-Hebrew. When Israel was taken into Babylonian captivity they adopted the Aramaic script for most of their writing. This Aramaic script is actually the origin of the Modern Hebrew script used today.
