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THE ALPHABET SIGN TRANS- LITERATION OBJECT DEPICTED APPROXIMATE SOUND-VALUE REMARKS A the glottal stop heard at the commence- Egyptian vulture ment of German words beginning with corresponds to Hebrew N'dleh and to a vowel,ex.der Adler. Arabic 'alif hamzatum. flowering reed usually consonantaly;at the beginning corresponds to Hebrew,yodh,Arabic of words sometimes identical with f. ya. ((1)two reed-flowers used under specific conditions in the last (2)oblique strokes syllable of words,see s 20. forearm a guttural sound unknown to English corresponds to Hebrew rayin,Arabic fain. W quail chick b foot stool f horned viper owl 2 water corresponds to Hebrew,but also to Hebrew与lamedh. mouth corresponds to Hebrewnrish,more rarely to Hebrew 5 lamedh, 五 reed shelter in fields 方as in English corresponds to Hebrew n h,Arabic s hd. E wick of twisted flax emphatic corresponds to Arabicd. 正 placenta(?) like ch in Scotch lock corresponds to Arabicd animal's belly with teats perhaps like ch in German ich interchanging early with,later with in certain words. 2 f(1)bolt (2)folded cloth 3 originally two separate sounds:(I)s, {much like our a;(2)车，unvoiced. pool early hardly different from. 电 hill-slope backward rather like our g in gueen corresponds to Hebrew p gph,Arabic kaf. 点 basket with handle corresponds to Hebrew aph,Arabic df.Written in hieratic. 8 stand for jar hardg loaf tethering rope originallytsh(化or during Middle Kingdom persists in some words,in others is replaced by at. d hand d d snake originally and also a dull emphatic during Middle Kingdom persists in some (Hebrew s) words,in others is replaced by ead
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VOCABULARY (rech)become acquainted ☐》hrw (herew')day,day-time. with,know. m ('chem')not know,be (gereb night. ignorant of. 二fS月rsvl(reshwet')joy,glad ger)be silent,cease. ness. kched)fare downstream. (depet)boat. northwards. lAui（weya）ship,bark, □且Aa('ha)go down,,descend. particularly divine ship. s('sedjem)hear;with to' ds (nedjes')poor man, hearken to,obey (a person). commoner. (weben)rise,shine forth. ，var.叠，l姿s(se)aman var.ra)sun,day with 月t(set)woan. -D det.月，Re,sun-god. ☒(sesh)scribe.. (yach)moon. (achet)horizon. (ta)carth,land. pr《per)housc. a二(pet)sky,heaven.. 图 (neywet)town,city. secher)plan,counsel. var.she)lake,pool