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
  • Latin: E, e
• Aramaic: 𐡄
  • Syriac: ܗ
    • Arabic: ه ‎(h)
  • Hebrew: ה
  • Pahlavi:
    • Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭤
    • Inscriptional Parthian: 𐭄

Punic

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤄.

Pronunciation

(prevocalic)

• (6th BCE Early Punic): IPA^(key): /haː/

• (3th BCE Punic): IPA^(key): /aː/

• (2th CE Late Punic): IPA^(key): /aː/

(preconsonantal, with gemination )

• (6th BCE Early Punic): IPA^(key): /há/

• (3th BCE Punic): IPA^(key): /á/

• (2th CE Late 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