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That's some good information, thank you

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Check this image out for an interesting look at ancient Hebrew: https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.KuCS6HSUItFBrUfwd654HgHaD_%26pid%3DApi&f=1

Just writing down all the letters and translating is an eye opener. If you do this on your own going through old charts and translations you will then have a new insight on the not only the aleph bet system but on Hebrew as well.

It was found in about 1890 if my memory serves me right and was untranslated for about 40 years until other examples were found in Israel. A few years back vandals were chased off after attempting to chip out the top two rows of letters. Fortunately plenty of photos have already been taken and it's now well known. Other writings were found in nearby rocks.

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Thanks man. I'll check it out.

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For about a year I was looking up all the photos and charts I could get of ancient and early Hebrew and writing them both out as best I could learn along with the phonics and etymology of those letters with their meanings. Best I could tell is that the Hebrew writing system had it's early origins in Egypt during the time the Israelites spent there under the various regimes in power.

Instead of just using all of the Egyptian characters for the writing system just the ones that had specific sounds needed for a phonetic writing system were used. By the time the Israelite exodus from Egypt happened the system had been established to convey spoken Hebrew accurately using borrowed characters from the Egyptian system as well as their own characters.

Around the actual site of the Mount Sinai are many artifacts giving evidence of a large group of people encamped there. There are stone circles used to weigh down tent edges, foot prints carved into rocks and tellingly, numerous funeral crypts with stones on them telling of a plague and how it came about. Those writings are in the earliest form of Hebrew.

There are two natural rock formations I found interesting in that area. One is a large formation with a huge boulder topping the others. On that boulder are carved several figures of horned cows. It's a large flat topped boulder about the size of a house.

Another formation of interest nearby is a huge split rock several stories tall. About the height of a three story building. It's split right down the middle and well worn in the split, large enough for a man to walk through. On both sides of this split rock is a dry creek coming down the small hill completely cleared of dust and clay build up and worn smooth by the passage of water. There's no sign of how the water enters the split to flow out so it's a mystery.

I'm not a pious person, religious or even a church goer but I also don't just scoff at things I don't understand or reject out of hand facts on the ground. The many writings on rocks around that area are clearly not Egyptian or Arabic. The writings certainly correspond quite well to what we know about early Hebrew.

In addition, the top areas of the Mount Sinai have the rocks coated with a very dark patina that appears to be from high heat. This staining is visible in Google earth.

For about a year I was looking up all the photos and charts I could get of ancient and early Hebrew and writing them both out as best I could learn along with the phonics and etymology of those letters with their meanings. Best I could tell is that the Hebrew writing system had it's early origins in Egypt during the time the Israelites spent there under the various regimes in power. Instead of just using all of the Egyptian characters for the writing system just the ones that had specific sounds needed for a phonetic writing system were used. By the time the Israelite exodus from Egypt happened the system had been established to convey spoken Hebrew accurately using borrowed characters from the Egyptian system as well as their own characters. Around the actual site of the Mount Sinai are many artifacts giving evidence of a large group of people encamped there. There are stone circles used to weigh down tent edges, foot prints carved into rocks and tellingly, numerous funeral crypts with stones on them telling of a plague and how it came about. Those writings are in the earliest form of Hebrew. There are two natural rock formations I found interesting in that area. One is a large formation with a huge boulder topping the others. On that boulder are carved several figures of horned cows. It's a large flat topped boulder about the size of a house. Another formation of interest nearby is a huge split rock several stories tall. About the height of a three story building. It's split right down the middle and well worn in the split, large enough for a man to walk through. On both sides of this split rock is a dry creek coming down the small hill completely cleared of dust and clay build up and worn smooth by the passage of water. There's no sign of how the water enters the split to flow out so it's a mystery. I'm not a pious person, religious or even a church goer but I also don't just scoff at things I don't understand or reject out of hand facts on the ground. The many writings on rocks around that area are clearly not Egyptian or Arabic. The writings certainly correspond quite well to what we know about early Hebrew. In addition, the top areas of the Mount Sinai have the rocks coated with a very dark patina that appears to be from high heat. This staining is visible in Google earth.

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