Ancient Hebrew Alphabet Chart

Ancient
Hebrew
Picture- Picture Description
Letter

Meaning of Letter

(Pictograph )

Best
English
Transliteration2

Modern
English
Jewish
TransHebrew
cription
3 Translit(Sound)
eration

ox-head

strong, power, leader

A [ah]

tent floor-plan

family, house, in

b
c

a
b

foot

gather, walk, carry

d
e
f

tent door

movement, hang, enter

man with arms raised breath, look, reveal

E [eh]

tent peg

add, secure, hook

U [ooh]

mattock (plough)

food, cut, weapon,nourish Z

z
h

tent wall

outside, divide, half

basket

surround, contain, mud

10

i
k
l
m
n
x

hand and arm

Name of Letter
Ancient
Hebrew

English
Transliteration4

Main Meaning (AHLB)

Letter by
Letter

Letters
AHLB #,
Combined Strongs #

al

strong authority

power

tb BaT

bat

family mark surname

1045

mc GaM

gam

walk (to) water

gather

1059, H1571

ld DaL

dal

door (on) rod

curtain

1081

ae EA

eh-ah

breath (at)
behold
strong (sight)

1093, H1887,
H1888,H1889

ooh-ooh

tent peg tent peg

peg

1121, H2053

zan

mattock (of) seed

harvest

1152

arrow

1179, H2671

container

1193

la AL

D
e

English
Transcription

1012, H410

CH

f
z
h

yh HaS

chats

dividing trail

TH

uu a

thath

basket basket

work, throw, worship

I [eeh]

di ID

eed

hand & arm hand

moving

1211, H3027,
H3028,H3197

open palm of hand

bend, open, allow, tame

pk KaP

kap

palm - open

palm

1247,
H3709,H3710

shepherd's staff

teach, yoke, toward, bind L

i
K,k,
l

ml LaM

lam

staff (of) might

toward

1266

water

chaos, mighty, blood

mah

water strong

hundred

1277

sprouting seed

continue, heir, son

nn NaN

nan

seed - seed

sprout

1313

thorn

grab, hate, protect

nx XaN

xan

thorn - seed

thorn

1336

eye

watch, know, shade

O [oh]

on

eye (of) continuance

watch

1359

open mouth

blow, scatter, edge

ap PA

pah

mouth (of) strength

mouth

1369

destination and path trail, journey, hunt

TS

dy SaD

tsad

trail - (of)
movement

journey

1395

sun at the horizon

condense, circle, time

Q7

qap

sun - mouth

sun speaks

1431

man's head

first, top, beginning

q
r

pq QaP

20

o
p
y
q
r

sr Ra

rash

head presser

chief

1458

21

two front teeth

sharp, press, eat, two

SH

ns aN

shan

two teeth continue

teeth

1474,
H8127,H8128

two crossed sticks

mark, sign, signal

at TA

tah

mark (of) strength

flag-pole

1484

6
7

11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19

22
1

Z
6

ff UU
nz ZaN

M,m
N,n
x

am MA

o
P,p
Y,y

no ON

Notes: A pictograph is a pictorial sign or symbol. Hieroglyphs are Egyptian pictographs. A glyph is an element of writing. Transliteration is the process of mapping letters from one alphabet into
another alphabet using graphology (letter-shapes) & history (see Evolution of the English Alphabet Chart & The True Hebrew Alphabet Family Tree). 3 Transcription is the process of matching the
sounds of human speech to letters (see The Sound of Ancient Hebrew & Ancient Hebrewthe First Text Language). 4 with default a added when neededwhich is usually between 2 consonants in
Ancient Hebrew. 5 & are Old English (mid 5thCmid 12thC) & Middle English (late 11thC ~ 1470) letters. 6 as in the Scottish loch. 7 as said in Modern Jewish Hebrew, Syriac Aramaic & Arabic.
Mar. 5, 2010 20082010 Jane E Marchant. YehSpace.ning.com. For non-commercial educational purposes only. For how this chart was compiled see the article Ancient Hebrew Alphabet Chart.