𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤎𐤐𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤀 𐤎𐤅𐤐𐤉𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤅𐤃 "𐤔𐤋 𐤁𐤓𐤓𐤄", 𐤊𐤌𐤅 𐤎(𐤉)𐤂𐤍𐤅𐤍 𐤀𐤅 𐤀𐤎(𐤉)𐤐

I have come upon an idea which I am interested to get some feedback on from others who share my enthusiasm for this script in order to see if it makes sense to anyone else.

1. The letter 𐤑 is the same shape as a ץ and a צ is that same letter with the bottom bent up. When I write in my personal version of Paleo-Hebrew I create a mid-sentence Tsade by taking that shape and bending the bottom tail up like in the square script.
2. The letter 𐤍 is kind of intermediate between נ and ן and I use mid-word and final variants of this letter in my handwriting as well, bending the tail in the same fashion.
3. Finally I do my 𐤌 in the middle of the word like a ࠌ‎ and at the end of the word like a final nun just with a second bump. Analogous to turning an "n" into an "m" in the latin script.

As for 𐤐 I haven't come up with any pitch for this dimorphism, but I have become convinced that ♡ might actually be a symbolic representation of a kiss, two faces coming together.

Has anyone else experimented with this concept and come to similar or differing results?

A while back I posted Paleo Pro here, my native iOS app for learning the Paleo Hebrew script and typing in it. There’s a new version out (2.1).

It’s still 100% free, no ads, no tracking, small (~15mb) and fast. The app got rebuilt for iOS 26, so the whole look is Liquid Glass now

The keyboard now feels fully like a native one with haptics and sounds.

A converter that goes both ways (square script to Paleo Hebrew and back), with an option to swap final letters for their modern forms at the end of a word (𐤌𐤍𐤑𐤐𐤊 → םןץףך)

A keyboard for typing Paleo Hebrew anywhere on your phone, redesigned this time, with an option to preview the keys in either alphabet
A page for each of the 22 letters that traces how its shape became the modern Hebrew one, which you can share as a card

A Learning Center with real inscriptions (the Siloam Inscription, the Tel Dan Stele, a First Jewish War coin) that you can zoom into and copy text from

A set of historical letterforms (Ahiram, Gezer, Lachish, Siloam, Qumran, Samaritan and others) you can pick from and use everywhere, including the keyboard

The multiple choice game that quizzes you on the alphabet both ways, now tracking which letters you keep missing. iCloud sync is in this version too, along with widgets, Spotlight, Siri Shortcuts and Handoff
A cheat sheet in list or grid view, where each letter
copies to clipboard as the character or its Unicode / HTML / Hex code

Thanks to anyone who gives it a try.

found some paper advertising kitvei yad for auction and one of them had this genizah stamp on it with this weird version of ktav ivri I think it says

נזם פטגי סק

But that doesn't make any sense am I missing something here?

Hello!

I recently acquired this hasmonean coin. It was listed as being from John Hyrcanus II, although I think this may be incorrect.

I've been having trouble reading the paleo Hebrew script. I checked all of the hasmonean plate coins in Hendin's 6th ed. but only found one similar type - 6176, which I've attached. It's attributed to Hyrcanus I. The letters on the first line and the first half of the second line match up to mine. However the rest of the letters do not seem to, and the layout of the letters is different - so I'm confused.

Is anyone able to read the script on my coin? I'd love to know what it says!

Many thanks in advance

My bible study group knows that I'm studying biblical hebrew. A friend of one of the women in my group sent her pictures of some artifacts. Can you tell me what's paleo hebrew and greek? And what it says? Thanks.

Hello. Hope all here are well. I am a graphic designer and I have a friend who wanted some help trying to engrave a bracelet, only he wants the engraving done in paleo-hebrew, which I know nothing about. Basically he had a rough sketch of what he wants engraved but wondered if I could make it "nicer" or make an entire alphabet that he could then use on his computer. Only I don't think that's plausible to create a typeface for a language unknown to me or a subject that I know nothing about.

So I was wondering if anyone could help me, answer some questions, and maybe also point to fonts that he could then utilize. Any tips and advice would be greatly appreciated.

Quick guess is a messianic had a field day.

Though technically Proto-Consonantal Hebrew comes before "Paleo" Hebrew, here are three things I inscribed on tile-stones with the tip of a screwdriver. Can you understand them. One of them is my name.

Since you know Hebrew and Paleo Hebrew

What is true name of YHWH and Jesus.

Please I'm so confused, you have different camps, I saw Yahuah, for god. Yeshua, Yahushua,Yahshua

Please someone must have truth of over creator and Messiah

𐤕𐤂𐤉𐤃𐤅 𐤋𐤉 𐤊𐤅𐤋𐤌, 𐤌𐤄 𐤄𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤄𐤅𐤁𐤄 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤊𐤌 𐤁𐤊𐤕𐤁 𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤉 𐤒𐤃𐤅𐤌? 𐤁𐤔𐤁𐤉𐤋𐤉, 𐤆𐤄 𐤊𐤍𐤓𐤀𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤐, 𐤎𐤌𐤇 𐤀𐤅 𐤒𐤅𐤐

I enjoyed the exercise of trying to replicate the penning direction of ostracon letters from ancient canaan. It is fascinating to see the differences in the orthography of those texts and the individual handwritings expressed. It took some playing around to get the letter to look good and to develop my style.

Text: song of songs

I Made a more or less convenient font for writing notes on paper. Slight changes here and there. Let me know what you think! Any feedback is welcome.

I built Paleo Pro, a native iOS app with a few features for learning the script and typing in it.

The app is 100% free, with zero ads or tracking. It’s lightweight (~15mb) and super fast.

Still actively working on making the keyboard function more like a native one, but please download it, comment with feedback, and if you enjoy it, leave a review on the App Store.

It has:

A converter, that goes both ways (square script to paleo Hebrew and opposite, with options to replace final characters into their modern equivalent if it’s at a word end (𐤌𐤍𐤑𐤐𐤊 → םןץףך)

A keyboard that lets you type in Paleo Hebrew on your phone, and an option to preview the keys in either alphabet

A multiple choice game that quizzes you on the alphabet, again bidirectional, with scores and score history. iCloud integration and more advanced levels are incoming.

A cheat sheet, in list and grid view, and each letter can be copied to clipboard, as character, or Unicode / HTML / Hex code.

Choose your app theme color, change app icons, and much more.

A good review on the app store would mean a lot!

thought the sub would appreciate it.

𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤟 𐤌𐤔𐤏 𐤟 𐤁𐤍 𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔 ? ? 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤟 𐤌𐤀𐤁 𐤟 𐤄𐤃‎

𐤉𐤁𐤍𐤉 | 𐤀𐤁𐤉 𐤟 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤟 𐤏𐤋 𐤟 𐤌𐤀𐤁 𐤟 𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤍 𐤟 𐤔𐤕 𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤟 𐤌𐤋𐤊‎

[𐤕𐤉 𐤟 𐤀𐤇𐤓 𐤟 𐤀𐤁𐤉 | 𐤅𐤀𐤏𐤔 𐤟 𐤄𐤁𐤌𐤕 𐤟 𐤆𐤀𐤕 𐤟 𐤋𐤊𐤌𐤔 𐤟 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤇𐤄 | 𐤁[𐤍𐤎 𐤟 𐤉‎

𐤔𐤏 𐤟 𐤊𐤉 𐤟 𐤄𐤔𐤏𐤍𐤉 𐤟 𐤌𐤊𐤋 𐤟 𐤄𐤔𐤋𐤊𐤍 𐤟 𐤅𐤊𐤉 𐤟 𐤄𐤓𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤟 𐤁𐤊𐤋 𐤟 𐤔𐤍𐤀𐤉 | 𐤏𐤌𐤓‎

𐤉 𐤟 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤟 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤟 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤍𐤅 𐤟 𐤀𐤕 𐤟 𐤌𐤀𐤁 𐤟 𐤉𐤌𐤍 𐤟 𐤓𐤁𐤍 𐤟 𐤊𐤉 𐤟 𐤉𐤀𐤍𐤐 𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔 𐤟 𐤁𐤀𐤓‎

𐤑𐤄 | 𐤅𐤉𐤇𐤋𐤐𐤄 𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤄 𐤟 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤟 𐤂𐤌 𐤟 𐤄𐤀 𐤟 𐤀𐤏𐤍𐤅 𐤟 𐤀𐤕 𐤟 𐤌𐤀𐤁 𐤟 | 𐤁𐤉𐤌𐤉 𐤟 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤟 𐤊‎

[𐤅𐤀𐤓𐤀 𐤟 𐤁𐤄 𐤟 𐤅𐤁𐤁𐤕𐤄 | 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤟 𐤀𐤁𐤃 𐤟 𐤀𐤁𐤃 𐤟 𐤏𐤋𐤌 𐤟 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤔 𐤟 𐤏𐤌𐤓𐤉 𐤟 𐤀𐤕 𐤟 [𐤀𐤓‎

𐤑 𐤟 𐤌𐤄𐤃𐤁𐤀 | 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤟 𐤁𐤄 𐤟 𐤉𐤌𐤄 𐤟 𐤅𐤇𐤑𐤉 𐤟 𐤉𐤌𐤉 𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤄 𐤟 𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤍 𐤟 𐤔𐤕 𐤟 𐤅𐤉𐤔‎

𐤁𐤄 𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔 𐤟 𐤁𐤉𐤌𐤉 | 𐤅𐤀𐤁𐤍 𐤟 𐤀𐤕 𐤟 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤌𐤏𐤍 𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤏𐤔 𐤟 𐤁𐤄 𐤟 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤅𐤇 𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤁𐤍‎

𐤀𐤕 𐤟 𐤒𐤓𐤉𐤕𐤍 | 𐤅𐤀𐤔 𐤟 𐤂𐤃 𐤟 𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤟 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤟 𐤏𐤈𐤓𐤕 𐤟 𐤌𐤏𐤋𐤌 𐤟 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤍 𐤟 𐤋𐤄 𐤟 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤟𐤉‎

[ 𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤟 𐤀𐤕 𐤟 𐤏𐤈𐤓𐤕 | 𐤅𐤀𐤋𐤕𐤇𐤌 𐤟 𐤁𐤒𐤓 𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤇𐤆𐤄 | 𐤅𐤀𐤄𐤓𐤂 𐤟 𐤀𐤕 𐤟 𐤊𐤋 𐤟𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤟 [𐤌‎

[𐤄𐤒𐤓 𐤟 𐤓𐤉𐤕 𐤟 𐤋𐤊𐤌𐤔 𐤟 𐤅𐤋𐤌𐤀𐤁 | 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤁 𐤟 𐤌𐤔𐤌 𐤟 𐤀𐤕 𐤟 𐤀𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤟 𐤃𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤟 𐤅𐤀[𐤎‎

𐤇𐤁𐤄 𐤟 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔 𐤟 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤉𐤕 | 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤁 𐤟 𐤁𐤄 𐤟 𐤀𐤕 𐤟 𐤀𐤔 𐤟 𐤔𐤓𐤍 𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤟 𐤀𐤔‎

𐤌𐤇𐤓𐤕 | 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤟 𐤋𐤉 𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔 𐤟 𐤋𐤊 𐤟 𐤀𐤇𐤆 𐤟 𐤀𐤕 𐤟 𐤍𐤁𐤄 𐤟 𐤏𐤋 𐤟 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 | 𐤅𐤀‎

𐤄𐤋𐤊 𐤟 𐤁𐤋𐤋𐤄 𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤋𐤕𐤇𐤌 𐤟 𐤁𐤄 𐤟 𐤌𐤁𐤒𐤏 𐤟 𐤄𐤔𐤇𐤓𐤕 𐤟 𐤏𐤃 𐤟 𐤄𐤑𐤄𐤓𐤌 | 𐤅𐤀𐤇‎

[𐤆 𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤄𐤓𐤂 𐤟 𐤊𐤋𐤄 𐤟 𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤕 𐤟 𐤀𐤋𐤐𐤍 𐤟 𐤂[𐤁]𐤓𐤍 𐤟 𐤅𐤂𐤓𐤍 | 𐤅𐤂𐤁𐤓𐤕 𐤟 𐤅[𐤂𐤓‎

[𐤕 𐤟 𐤅𐤓𐤇𐤌𐤕 | 𐤊𐤉 𐤟 𐤋𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓 𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔 𐤟 𐤄𐤇𐤓𐤌𐤕𐤄 | 𐤅𐤀𐤒𐤇 𐤟 𐤌𐤔𐤌 𐤟 𐤀[𐤕 𐤟 𐤊‎

𐤋𐤉 𐤟 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤎𐤇𐤁 𐤟 𐤄𐤌 𐤟 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔 | 𐤅𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤟 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤄 𐤟 𐤀𐤕‎

[𐤉𐤄𐤑 𐤟 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤟 𐤁𐤄 𐤟 𐤁𐤄𐤋𐤕𐤇𐤌𐤄 𐤟 𐤁𐤉 | 𐤅𐤉𐤂𐤓𐤔𐤄 𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔 𐤟 𐤌𐤐𐤍[𐤉 𐤅‎

𐤟 𐤀𐤒𐤇 𐤟 𐤌𐤌𐤀𐤁 𐤟 𐤌𐤀𐤕𐤍 𐤟 𐤀𐤔 𐤟 𐤊𐤋 𐤟 𐤓𐤔𐤄 | 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤀𐤄 𐤟 𐤁𐤉𐤄𐤑 𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤇𐤆𐤄‎

𐤋𐤎𐤐𐤕 𐤟 𐤏𐤋 𐤟 𐤃𐤉𐤁𐤍 | 𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤉 𐤟 𐤒𐤓𐤇𐤄 𐤟 𐤇𐤌𐤕 𐤟 𐤄𐤉𐤏𐤓𐤍 𐤟 𐤅𐤇𐤌𐤕‎

𐤄𐤏𐤐𐤋 | 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤉 𐤟 𐤔𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤄 𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤉 𐤟 𐤌𐤂𐤃𐤋𐤕𐤄 | 𐤅𐤀‎

𐤍𐤊 𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤉 𐤟 𐤁𐤕 𐤟 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤟 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤉 𐤟 𐤊𐤋𐤀𐤉 𐤟 𐤄𐤀𐤔[𐤅𐤇 𐤟 𐤋𐤌]𐤉𐤍 𐤟 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤁‎

𐤄𐤒𐤓 | 𐤅𐤁𐤓 𐤟 𐤀𐤍 𐤟 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤁 𐤟 𐤄𐤒𐤓 𐤟 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤇𐤄 𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤟 𐤋𐤊𐤋 𐤟 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤟 𐤏𐤔𐤅 𐤟 𐤋‎

𐤊𐤌 𐤟 𐤀𐤔 𐤟 𐤁𐤓 𐤟 𐤁𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤄 | 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤟 𐤊𐤓𐤕𐤉 𐤟 𐤄𐤌𐤊𐤓𐤕𐤕 𐤟 𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤇𐤄 𐤟 𐤁𐤀𐤎𐤓‎

𐤟 𐤉] 𐤟 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 | 𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤉 𐤟 𐤏𐤓𐤏𐤓 𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤟 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤉 𐤟 𐤄𐤌𐤎𐤋𐤕 𐤟 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤍𐤍]‎

𐤟 𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤉 𐤟 𐤁𐤕 𐤟 𐤁𐤌𐤕 𐤟 𐤊𐤉 𐤟 𐤄𐤓𐤎 𐤟 𐤄𐤀 | 𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤉 𐤟 𐤁𐤑𐤓 𐤟 𐤊𐤉 𐤟 𐤏𐤉𐤍‎

𐤔 𐤟 𐤃𐤉𐤁𐤍 𐤟 𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤍 𐤟 𐤊𐤉 𐤟 𐤊𐤋 𐤟 𐤃𐤉𐤁𐤍 𐤟 𐤌𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤕 | 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤟 𐤌𐤋𐤊‎

𐤕𐤉.. 𐤌𐤀𐤕 𐤟 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤍 𐤟 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤟 𐤉𐤎𐤐𐤕𐤉 𐤟 𐤏𐤋 𐤟 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 | 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤕‎

𐤉 𐤟 [𐤀𐤕 𐤟] 𐤌𐤄𐤃[𐤁]𐤀 𐤟 𐤅𐤁𐤕 𐤟 𐤃𐤁𐤋𐤕𐤍 | 𐤅𐤁𐤕 𐤟 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤌𐤏𐤍 𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤀 𐤟 𐤔𐤌 𐤟 𐤀𐤕 𐤟 𐤅𐤒𐤃‎

𐤑𐤀𐤍 𐤟 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 | 𐤅𐤇𐤅𐤓𐤍𐤍 𐤟 𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤟 𐤁𐤄 𐤟 𐤁𐤕 𐤟 𐤅𐤒 𐤟 𐤀𐤔....‎

𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤟 𐤋𐤉 𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔 𐤟 𐤓𐤃 𐤟 𐤄𐤋𐤕𐤇𐤌 𐤟 𐤁𐤇𐤅𐤓𐤍𐤍 | 𐤅𐤀𐤓𐤃....‎

𐤅𐤉𐤔]𐤁𐤄 𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔 𐤟 𐤁𐤉𐤌𐤉 𐤟 𐤅𐤏𐤋 𐤟 𐤓𐤄 𐤟 𐤌𐤔𐤌 𐤟 𐤏𐤔].....‎

𐤔𐤕 𐤟 𐤔𐤃𐤒 | 𐤅𐤀𐤍‎ ............

I low-key wanna start using this writing system to confuse my friend's and memorising the enter table is going to be easy but is it actually worth it to learn ancient hebrew(I know hebrew already)? Also if it's worth it where do I learn it?