Fillable Printable Ancient Hebrew Alphabet Chart

Ancient Hebrew Alphabet Chart

Alphabet Chart

Form Ancient Picture Ancient Meaning Name Sound Derivatives

Modern Middle Ancient Modern Ancient Modern Ancient Greek Latin .

a )  Head of an ox strong, power, leader aleph al silent a Α A

b b  Tent floorplan family, house, in beyt bet b,bh b,bh Β B

g g  Foot gather, walk, carry gimel gam g g Γ C,G

d d  Tent door movement, hang, enter dalet dal d d ∆ D

h h  Arms of man raised look, reveal, breath, sigh hey hey h h,e Ε E

w w  Tent peg add, secure, hook vav waw v,o,u w,o,u 

z z  Mattock food, cut, weapon zayin zan z z Ζ Z

x x  Tent wall outside, divide, half hhet hhets hh hh Η H

j +  Clay basket surround, contain, mud tet thet t th Θ -

y y  Closed hand work, throw, worship yud yad y y,i Ι I,J

$,k k  Open palm bend, open, allow, tame kaph kaph k,kh k,kh Κ K

l l  Shepherd staff teach, yoke, toward, bind lamed lam l l Λ L

~,m m  Water chaos, mighty, blood Mem mah m m Μ M

!,n n  Sprouting seed continue, heir, son nun nun n n Ν N

s s  Thorn grab, hate, protect samech sin s s Ξ X

[ (  Eye watch, know, shade ayin ghan silent gh Ο O

@,p p  Open mouth blow, scatter, edge pey pey p,ph p,ph Π P

#,c c  Man on his side wait, chase, snare, hunt tsadey tsad ts ts M

q q  Sun at the horizon condense, circle, time quph quph q q q

r r  Head of a man first, beginning, top resh resh r r Ρ R

v,f $  Two front teeth sharp, press, eat, two shin,sin shin sh,s sh Σ S

t t  Two crossed sticks mark, sign, signature tav taw t t Τ T

* Ancient letter not carried over into Modern Greek.