03-19-2004, 05:56 PM
shlomo Rob,
hieroglyphs symbols represents a meaning, where as semitic script represent letters. The first instance of a the semitic script was developpped by the Canaanite(i.e. Phoenician). If memory serves me well they took some of the Egyptian symbols and instead of using them as symbols representing actions, they used them as letters to give the same sound as that of speach.
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bashlomo,
keefa-moroon
hieroglyphs symbols represents a meaning, where as semitic script represent letters. The first instance of a the semitic script was developpped by the Canaanite(i.e. Phoenician). If memory serves me well they took some of the Egyptian symbols and instead of using them as symbols representing actions, they used them as letters to give the same sound as that of speach.
My two cents contribution!
bashlomo,
keefa-moroon
Rob Wrote:Ancient Hebrew script looks like freakin Egyptian hieroglyphs. I wonder where the semitic change came in.