𐤄

𐤄 U+10904, 𐤄 PHOENICIAN LETTER HE ← 𐤃 [U+10903] Phoenician 𐤅 → [U+10905]

Translingual

Letter

𐤄 (h)

1. The fifth letter of the Phoenician abjad, called he.

Phoenician

Pronoun

𐤄 (h)

1. that

Letter

𐤄 (h)

1. The fifth letter of the Phoenician alphabet, representing the consonant /h/ and word-final vowels.

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Ε (E), ε (e)
  • Cyrillic: Е, е
  • Old Italic: 𐌄
    • Latin: E, e
• Aramaic: 𐡄 (h)
  • Syriac: ܗ
    • Arabic: ه (h)
  • Hebrew: ה
  • Pahlavi:
    • Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭤 (h)
    • Inscriptional Parthian: 𐭄 (h)
  • Avestan: 𐬵 (h)
• (debated) Brahmi: 𑀳 (see there for further descendants)

Punic

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤄 (h).

Pronunciation

(prevocalic)

• (6^th BCE Punic): IPA^(key): /haː/
• (2^nd BCE Late Punic): IPA^(key): /haː/
• (2^nd CE Neo-Punic): IPA^(key): /oː/

(preconsonantal, with gemination )

• (6^th BCE Punic): IPA^(key): /há/
• (2^nd BCE Late Punic): IPA^(key): /há/
• (2^nd CE Neo-Punic): IPA^(key): /á/

Article

𐤄 (h)

1. the

Usage notes

The article is added to the noun. If the noun with the article begins with a

• consonant (except ʾ, ʿ or ḥ) the consonant is geminated once to the article and the long form is used
• vowel or ʾ, ʿ, ḥ, the short form is used