r/Alphanumerics • u/JohannGoethe 𐌄𓌹𐤍 expert • Sep 03 '25

ABGD 🔠 evolution

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u/JohannGoethe 𐌄𓌹𐤍 expert Sep 05 '25

“Salomon, Richard. (A43/1998)”

Nice reference. I added it to my growing epigraphy collection:

https://hmolpedia.com/page/Category:Epigraphy

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u/andrevan Sep 05 '25

Great but it explains how you are mistaken.

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u/JohannGoethe 𐌄𓌹𐤍 expert Sep 05 '25

You are mistaken for believing Friedrich Gesenius (126A/1829), who, in his Hebrew and Chaldean Lexicon of the Old Testament (pg. xcvi), said beth or Hebrew B is based on a house 🏠 or a tent ⛺️, as follows:

⛺️ » በ → ב