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  • From: Hedrick Gary <GaryH AT cjfm.org>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] cognate alphabet
  • Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:45:19 -0600

Not to add fuel to the fire here, but one cannot help being struck by some of
the similarities in sequences, even between Hebrew, English, and Greek.

qof, resh, shin, tav
p, q, r, s, t
pi, rho, sigma, tau

Gary Hedrick
San Antonio, Texas USA

On Nov 24, 2010, at 4:31 PM, Kevin Riley wrote:

> The *alphabets* have a common ancestor. That is not the same as the
> *languages* being cognate. As far back as there is reliable evidence,
> Greek and Hebrew are not cognate languages. In terms of language, if there
> was a 'proto-Canaanite', then it is the mother of Hebrew, Phoenician,
> Moabite, Ammonite, etc, but not of Greek.
>
> Kevin Riley
>
> On 25/11/2010 4:41 AM, fred burlingame wrote:
>> affirmative; the common parent = proto-canaanite.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_alphabet
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> fred burlingame
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Christopher Kimball<transcriber AT tanach.us
>>> wrote:
>>> Is Greek usually considered a cognate language of Hebrew?
>>>
>>> Chris Kimball
>>> West Redding, CT
>>> USA
>>>
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