Paleo-Hebrew script

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Northwest Semitic alphabet writing system

Paleo-Hebrew script is an ancient Northwest Semitic alphabet closely related to Phoenician, historically used by the Israelites and neighboring peoples before being largely replaced by the Aramaic-derived Hebrew script.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Paleo-Hebrew script canonical 2
Paleo-Hebrew script in mainstream Jewish use 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northwest Semitic alphabet ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Old Hebrew script NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palaeo-Hebrew script NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithLanguage Biblical Hebrew (early phases) NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithReligion ancient Israelite religion ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Phoenician alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedFrom Phoenician script NERFINISHED ⓘ
direction right-to-left ⓘ
distinctFrom Aramaic script NERFINISHED ⓘ
modern Hebrew square script ⓘ
follows Proto-Canaanite script NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Samaritan alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfLetters 22 ⓘ
region Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy Aramaic-derived square Hebrew script NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jewish square script NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedInUseForHebrewBy Aramaic script ⓘ
scriptCodeISO15924 Pale ⓘ
scriptFamily Canaanite scripts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northwest Semitic scripts NERFINISHED ⓘ
stillUsedBy Samaritan script (as direct descendant) NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf Semitic script ⓘ
consonantal alphabet ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
Iron Age Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
unicodeBlock Hebrew (for some characters via compatibility) ⓘ
usedBy Israelite scribes NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboring Northwest Semitic peoples ⓘ
usedFor coins ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
ostraca ⓘ
royal seals ⓘ
writing Hebrew language (ancient) ⓘ
usedIn Gezer Calendar inscription NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ketef Hinnom inscriptions NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lachish letters NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siloam inscription NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yehud coin inscriptions NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingDirection horizontal ⓘ
writingSystemOf Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samaritans (historically) NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient Israelites ⓘ
writingSystemScope historical script ⓘ
writingSystemType consonant-only script ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moabite language → writingSystem → Paleo-Hebrew script ⓘ
block script (Ktav Ashuri) → replaced → Paleo-Hebrew script ⓘ
subject surface form: Block script (Ktav Ashuri)
this entity surface form: Paleo-Hebrew script in mainstream Jewish use
block script (Ktav Ashuri) → contrastedWith → Paleo-Hebrew script ⓘ
subject surface form: Block script (Ktav Ashuri)