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Possible correspondences between Proto-Sinaitic, Ancient South Arabian and Phoenician letters. Also modern Hebrew, Arabic and Latin letters are shown.
Hieroglyph Proto-Sinaitic IPA value Reconstructed name Proto-Canaanite Ancient South Arabian Phoenician Archaic Greek Imperial Aramaic Hebrew Nabataean
(from Aramaic)
Arabic Other*
F1
Aleph /ʔ/ ʾalp "ox" Aleph 𐩱 𐤀 א ء ا 𐌀 A
O1
Bet /b/ bayt "house" Bet 𐩨 𐤁 ב بـ ب Β 𐌁 B
T14
Gimel /g/ gaml "throwstick" Gimel 𐩴 𐤂 ג جـ ج Γ C G
K1
K2
Dalet /d/ dag "fish" Dalet 𐩵 𐤃 ד Δ 𐌃 D
A28
Heh /h/ haw/hillul "praise" He 𐩠 𐤄 ה هـ ه Ε 𐌄 E
G43
Waw /w/ waw/uph "fowl" Waw 𐩥 𐤅 ו Ϝ Υ 𐌅 𐌖 F U W V Y
N34
or
Z4
Zayin /z/ zayn/zayt "oxhide ingot", "sword" Zayin 𐩸 𐤆 ז Z I Z 𐌆
/ð/ ḏiqq "manacle" 𐩹
O6
N24
V28
Ḥet /ħ/ ḥaṣr "courtyard" Heth 𐩢 𐤇 ח‬ حـ ح Η H 𐌇
V28
/x/ ḫayt "thread" Heth
F35
Ṭet /tˤ/ ṭab "good" Teth 𐩷 𐤈 ט‬ ϴ 𐌈
D36
Yad Yad /j/ yad "hand" Yodh 𐩺 𐤉 י يـ ي Ι 𐌉 I J
D46
Khof /k/ kap "palm" Kaph 𐩫 𐤊 כ, ך كـ ك Κ 𐌊 K
U20
Lamed /l/ lamd "goad" Lamedh 𐩡 𐤋 ל لـ ل Λ 𐌋 L ϟ
N35
Mem /m/ maym "water" Mem 𐩣 𐤌 מ, ם مـ م Μ 𐌌 M
I10
Nun /n/ naḥaš "snake" Nun 𐩬 𐤍 נ, ן نـ ن Ν 𐌍 N
R11
Samekh Samekh /s/ ṡamk "peg" Samech 𐩯 𐤎 ס سـ س 𐌎
D4
Ayin /ʕ/ ʿayn "eye" Ayin 𐩲 𐤏 ע عـ ـعـ ع Ο 𐌏 O
V28
𓎛 Ghayn /ɣ/ ġabiʿ "calyx" Ghayn 𐩶 غ 𐎙
D21
Pe (Semitic letter) /p/ pʿit "corner" Pe 𐩰 𐤐 פ, ף فـ ف Π P 𐌐
M22
Tsade Tsade Tsade /sˤ/ ṣaday "plant" Tsade 𐩮 𐤑 צ, ץ صـ ص Ϻ ϡ 𐌑 𐎕
O34
Qoph /kˤ/ or /q/ qoba "needle/nape/monkey" Qoph 𐩤 𐤒 ק قـ ﻕ Ϙ Φ Q 𐌘
D1
D19
Resh /r/ raʾš "head" Resh 𐩧 𐤓 ר Ρ 𐌓 R
N6
Shin /ʃ/ šimš "sun" Shin 𐩦 𐤔 שׁ‬ شـ ش Σ 𐌔 S
M39
M40
M41
Shin /ɬ/ śadeh "field, land" שׂ‬
/θ/ ṯann "bow" 𐩳 ת تـ ﺕ Τ 𐌕 T
Z9
Tof /t/ tāw "mark" Taw 𐩩 𐤕 תּ

From Proto-Sinaitic_script Dec. 2020