Phoenician
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The Phoenicians were a Semitic-speaking people of somewhat unknown origin who emerged in the Levant around 3000 BC.
According to Homer they came from the Red Sea, thus linking them with Punt.
SHIP/BOAT shâphoina سفينة phønit 般 pan > bo’at 𐇨 SHIP @ pont π 𓈖 / 𓎛 𓃀 𓃀 𓈅 𓈗 𓈘
It is debated whether Phoenicians were actually distinct from the broader group of Semitic-speaking peoples known as Canaanites Φοινίκη peculiar Qvoinikin? 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍@Knossos 𒆳𒆠𒈾𒄴𒈾 KUR.ki-na-aḫ-na Kinâḫna Χνᾶ כנען
knʿ, “to be low, humble, subjugated” “lowlands”, in contrast with Aram, which would then mean “highlands”
Hurrian Kinaḫḫu “red-purple” see phoenix
𓎡 𓃀 𓈖 𓈉 Kavnan > Canaan 𓃀 𓈖 𓈉 KurByblos
Kanacken Hawaiian kanaka “person, human being” (Proto-Polynesian *taŋata)
Phoenician alphabet see hebrew
𐤀𐤓𐤍 𐤟 𐤆 𐤐𐤏𐤋 𐤟 [𐤐𐤋]𐤎𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤟 𐤁𐤍 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤌 𐤟 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤂𐤁𐤋
ʾrn 𐤟 z pʿl 𐤟 [pl]s(?)bʿl 𐤟 bn ʾḥrm 𐤟 mlk gbl
This coffin urn [Pil]sibaʿal has made, the son of Aḥirom King of Byblos
𐤋𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤌 𐤟 𐤀𐤁𐤄 𐤟 𐤊 𐤔𐤕𐤄 𐤟 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤌
lʾḥrm 𐤟 ʾbh 𐤟 k šth(?) 𐤟 bʿlm
for Aḥirom, his father, as he laid him down for eternity.
𐤅𐤀𐤋 𐤟 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤟 𐤁𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤌
wʾl 𐤟 mlk 𐤟 b’mlkm
And while a king among the kings (any)
𐤅𐤎𐤊𐤍 𐤟 𐤁𐤎<𐤊>𐤍𐤌 w'skn 𐤟 b'sknm or a governor among the governors𐤊>
𐤅𐤕𐤌𐤀 𐤟 𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤕 𐤟 𐤏𐤋𐤉 𐤟 𐤂𐤁𐤋
wtmʾ 𐤟 mḥnt 𐤟 ʿly 𐤟 gbl
or a commander of the army [will rule/march] over Byblos
𐤅𐤉𐤂𐤋 𐤟 𐤀𐤓𐤍 𐤟 𐤆𐤍
wygl 𐤟 ʾrn 𐤟 zn
and (would) remove this coffin urn,
𐤅
𐤕𐤇𐤕𐤎𐤐 𐤟 𐤇𐤈𐤓 𐤟 𐤌𐤔𐤐𐤈𐤄
tḥtsp 𐤟 ḥṭr 𐤟 mšpṭh
then his imperial scepter shall break
(lit.: the staff of his legal power shall be defoliated)
𐤕𐤄𐤕𐤐𐤊 𐤟 𐤊𐤎𐤀 𐤟 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤄
thtpk 𐤟 ksʾ 𐤟 mlkh
the throne of his kingship shall overturn,
𐤅𐤍𐤇𐤕 𐤟 𐤕𐤁𐤓𐤇 𐤟 𐤏𐤋 𐤟 𐤂𐤁𐤋
wnḥt 𐤟 tbrḥ 𐤟 ʿl 𐤟 gbl
and peace shall depart from Byblos (•𓈖 𓆱 𓐍 𓏏 𓂡 | victory)
𐤅𐤄𐤀 𐤟 𐤉𐤌𐤇 𐤎𐤐𐤓 𐤆
whʾ 𐤟 ymḥ spr z
And as to him, [if] he shall erase this inscription,
𐤋𐤐𐤐 𐤟 𐤔𐤁𐤋
lpp 𐤟 šbl (?)
«some curse»
| 𓈖 𓆱 𓐍 𓏏 𓂡 | victory | νίκη nike.toir @ greek ++++ nvictory/πvinci/win ⇔ knechten | ||
| 𓈖 𓆱 𓐍 𓏏 𓏏 𓂡 | victory | 𓈖 𓍇 𓏌 𓅱 𓎛 𓂡 𓍢 | bind (enemies) | vinciō “bind” |
| 𓈖 𓆱 𓐍 𓏏 𓏏 𓂡 | victory | ⇔ 𓈖 𓎡 𓏏 𓏴 𓏛 | profit, advantage | nVictory? |
Purple
𓃀 𓋴 𓋳 < •phoenician ( 𓃀 Bein )
𓇋 𓂧 𓏇 𓇋 𓋳 | red linen | •admi 𓃀 𓋴 𓋳 פשתן אדום pishtan adom
Juden?
𓇋 𓂧 𓎛 𓇋 𓇋 𓇇 𓀀 | marsh-man | #jdhy Jude?
𓇋 𓂧 𓏇 𓇋 𓋳 | red linen | •jid’mir ≈ كتان أحمر kittan ahmar
| 𓃹 𓈖 𓐍 𓏯 | roll of cloth | kifuniko DEEP! <> 纺 fǎng |
𒀭 AN < ᵠAᶥN 𓅱 𓃀 𓈖 𓇳│ rise, shine │ φαίνω phaínō, PIE bʰeh₂
𒉺𒀭 𒆬𒂵 pa.an kug-ga hagia phoenix? 𒉺𒀭 𒆬𒂵 ĝarza kug-ga holy rites
𒉺𒀭 pa.an 𓇋 𓁹 𓅱 𓀾 פולחן \ פֻּלְחָן pulkhán “rite”
🟣 بَنَفْسَجِيّ banafsajiyy “purple”
🔴 ≈ 🟣 qirmizi 𒄭𒈨𒁕 ḫe-me-da /ḫemeda/ purple => Hemd जामुनी jāmunī™ шәмәхә şämäxä chrome™ ծիրանի cirani
ĝarza kug-ga šu bi2-ib2-la2-a re 𒉺𒀭 𒆬𒂵 𒋗 𒉈𒌈 𒇲𒀀𒊑 which laid hands on the holy rites,