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This is aleph, the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, progenitor of Greek alpha and Latin A. What does it resemble?
Ox
Bow
Compass
It is unknown
Aleph derives from an Egyptian hieroglyph depicting an ox's head. Tilt your head to the right and you will see this. The Phoenician word aleph means ox.
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added by smyru May 17, 2017, 9:24 p.m.
This is aleph, the first letter of Phoenician alphabet, progenitor of Greek alpha and latin A. What does it resemble?
Ox
Bow
Compass
it's unknown
Aleph comes straight from Egyptian hieroglyph that meant ox. Turn your head to the right and you will note an ideogram of a horned ox head. The Phoenician word aleph means ox.
smyru
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This is a correction, already accepted and applied to the original question.
added by Norman March 17, 2018, 11:05 p.m.
+1 This change is good  Ninjai
+3 This change is good  globalquiz.org
This is aleph, the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, progenitor of Greek alpha and Latin A. What does it resemble?
Ox
Bow
Compass
It is unknown
Aleph derives from an Egyptian hieroglyph depicting an ox's head. Tilt your head to the right and you will see this. The Phoenician word aleph means ox.
Norman
reach: rather globalancient historyhistory of EuropelanguagesMiddle East

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+1 Very interesting!  Sancho
+1 Very interesting!  Hitter smasher
+1 Very interesting!  Claudia Segura