Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

1. ALEP-ox, BET-house, etc. is a (relatively) modern initiative for  
the edification and entertainment of children.
2. Language preceded the alphabet by about 28,000 years.

Isaac Fried Boston University

On May 18, 2009, at 9:21 AM, James Read wrote:

> Yes, I know. We've done this before. You postulate that the  
> consonants have a meaning and that roots are composites of these  
> basic meanings.
>
> I think your theory would have more credence if the alphabet were  
> based on them rather than on a oxes head, a house etc. etc.
>
> James Christian
>
>
>
> Quoting Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>:
>
> > It was in my opinion uni-consonantal.
> >
> > Isaac Fried, Boston University