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

Etymology 1

Pronoun

𐤄 (h)

1. that

Etymology 2

From Proto-Canaanite , from Proto-Sinaitic , from Egyptian 𓀠.

Letter

𐤄 (h)

1. The fifth letter of the Phoenician abjad, called heh (representing the consonant /h/ and word-final vowels)

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Ε (E), ε (e)
  • Cyrillic: Е, е
  • Old Italic: 𐌄 (e)
    • 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 (ha) (see there for further descendants)
• Libyco-Berber : (h)
  • Tuareg: ⵂ (h)
    • Moroccan Amazigh: ⵀ (h)

See also

• Phoenician script letters (script appendix): 𐤀, 𐤁, 𐤂, 𐤃, 𐤄, 𐤅, 𐤆, 𐤇, 𐤈, 𐤉, 𐤊, 𐤋, 𐤌, 𐤍, 𐤎, 𐤏, 𐤐, 𐤑, 𐤒, 𐤓, 𐤔, 𐤕 ^[edit]

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