Three-Way Hebrew Converter

Paleo-Hebrew:

Proto-Sinaitic:

Hieroglyphs:

This converts Hebrew simultaneously into: Paleo-Hebrew, Proto-Sinaitic, and the closest Egyptian hieroglyphs that they were originally based on. As far as I'm aware, this is the only utility on the internet of its kind to properly render Hebrew in all three alphabets at once. Because there is no Unicode for Proto-Sinaitic I'm using a custom embedded CC0 font.

Sinaitica Moderna (A Modern Proto-Sinaitic font)

Warning: while this converter can output left-to-right or right-to-left hieroglyphs, the Unicode glyphs themselves are using left-to-right logic (a limitation I have no control over), so you will either need CSS or your word processor to arrange the left-to-right hieroglyphs as right-to-left. Using the right-to-left output simply simulates right-to-left by reordering the words but this won't be suitable for long paragraphs.

An example of what I mean with the hieroglyphs, and a snippet of Genesis 1:1-5 in the Hebrew for comparison:

Per-word-basis RTL hieroglyphs operating on LTR (incorrect):

𓊋 𓆟𓈇𓃾 𓈖𓌉𓂝 𓁶𓃻𓉐 𓂝𓀠𓂝𓌉 𓉐 𓁶𓁹𓂝𓀠𓂝𓌉 𓀠𓋾𓂝𓋾 𓃾𓁶𓃻 𓂧𓌔𓈇𓋾𓌉 𓈖𓌉𓂝 𓁶𓌉𓃾𓋾 𓈖𓂝𓀠𓋾𓃾 𓃾𓁶𓃻𓂝𓌉 5 𓂧𓌔𓈇𓀠 𓆓𓂝𓉐 𓌉 𓁶𓌉𓃾𓀠 𓆓𓂝𓉐 𓈖𓂝𓀠𓋾𓃾 𓋾𓆟𓉐 𓂝𓌉 𓉐 𓌉𓄤𓂝𓂧 𓁶𓌉𓃾𓀠𓏴𓃾 𓈖𓂝𓀠𓋾𓃾 𓃾𓁶𓂝𓌉 4 𓁶𓌉𓃾𓂝𓀠𓂝𓌉 𓁶𓌉𓃾 𓂝𓀠𓂝 𓈖𓂝𓀠𓋾𓃾 𓁶𓈖𓃾𓂝𓌉 3 𓈖𓂝𓈖𓀠 𓂝𓆓𓊋𓋾𓁹 𓏴𓊋𓈇𓁶𓈖 𓈖𓂝𓀠𓋾𓃾 𓈇𓌉𓁶𓌉 𓈖𓌉𓀠𓏴 𓂝𓆓𓊋𓋾𓁹 𓂧𓌔𓈇𓌉 𓌉𓀠𓉐 𓌉 𓌉𓀠𓏴 𓀠𓏴𓂝𓀠 𓇑𓁶𓃾𓀠𓌉 2 𓇑𓁶𓃾𓀠 𓏴𓃾𓌉 𓈖𓂝𓈖𓌔𓀠 𓏴𓃾 𓈖𓂝𓀠𓋾𓃾 𓃾𓁶𓉐 𓏴𓂝𓌔𓃾𓁶𓉐 1:1 Genesis

LTR hieroglyphs without RTL CSS applied (incorrect):

Genesis 1:1 𓉐𓁶𓃾𓌔𓂝𓏴 𓉐𓁶𓃾 𓃾𓋾𓀠𓂝𓈖 𓃾𓏴 𓀠𓌔𓈖𓂝𓈖 𓌉𓃾𓏴 𓀠𓃾𓁶𓇑 2 𓌉𓀠𓃾𓁶𓇑 𓀠𓂝𓏴𓀠 𓏴𓀠𓌉 𓌉 𓉐𓀠𓌉 𓌉𓈇𓌔𓂧 𓁹𓋾𓊋𓆓𓂝 𓏴𓀠𓌉𓈖 𓌉𓁶𓌉𓈇 𓃾𓋾𓀠𓂝𓈖 𓈖𓁶𓈇𓊋𓏴 𓁹𓋾𓊋𓆓𓂝 𓀠𓈖𓂝𓈖 3 𓌉𓂝𓃾𓈖𓁶 𓃾𓋾𓀠𓂝𓈖 𓂝𓀠𓂝 𓃾𓌉𓁶 𓌉𓂝𓀠𓂝𓃾𓌉𓁶 4 𓌉𓂝𓁶𓃾 𓃾𓋾𓀠𓂝𓈖 𓃾𓏴𓀠𓃾𓌉𓁶 𓂧𓂝𓄤𓌉 𓉐 𓌉𓂝 𓉐𓆟𓋾 𓃾𓋾𓀠𓂝𓈖 𓉐𓂝𓆓 𓀠𓃾𓌉𓁶 𓌉 𓉐𓂝𓆓 𓀠𓈇𓌔𓂧 5 𓌉𓂝𓃻𓁶𓃾 𓃾𓋾𓀠𓂝𓈖 𓋾𓃾𓌉𓁶 𓂝𓌉𓈖 𓌉𓋾𓈇𓌔𓂧 𓃻𓁶𓃾 𓋾𓂝𓋾𓀠 𓌉𓂝𓀠𓂝𓁹𓁶 𓉐 𓌉𓂝𓀠𓂝 𓉐𓃻𓁶 𓂝𓌉𓈖 𓃾𓈇𓆟 𓊋

LTR hieroglyphs with RTL CSS applied (correct):

Original Hebrew:

Genesis 1:1 בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃ 2 וְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָיְתָ֥ה תֹ֙הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י תְה֑וֹם וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם׃ 3 וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֖ים יְהִ֣י א֑וֹר וַֽיְהִי־אֽוֹר׃ 4 וַיַּ֧רְא אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת־הָא֖וֹר כִּי־ט֑וֹב וַיַּבְדֵּ֣ל אֱלֹהִ֔ים בֵּ֥ין הָא֖וֹר וּבֵ֥ין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ 5 וַיִּקְרָ֙א אֱלֹהִ֤ים׀ לָאוֹר֙ י֔וֹם וְלַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ קָ֣רָא לָ֑יְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר י֥וֹם אֶחָֽד׃ פ

Glyph Conversion Chart (V1.1)

Description	Ashuri	Paleo	Proto-Sinaitic	Egyptian
Aleph: ox	א	𐤀	א	𓃾
Beth: house	ב	𐤁	ב	𓉐
Gimel: throwing stick	ג	𐤂	ג	𓌙
Dalet: fish/door	ד	𐤃	ד	𓆟
Heh: man/worship	ה	𐤄	ה	𓀠
Vav: mace	ו	𐤅	ו	𓌉
Zayin: sword/death	ז	𐤆	ז	𓏱
Heth: fence/irrigation	ח	𐤇	ח	𓈇
Teth: beauty/good	ט	𐤈	ט	𓄤
Yodh: hand	י	𐤉	י	𓂝
Kaph: palm	ך - כ	𐤊	כ	𓂧
Lamedh: goad (e.g. shepherd crook)	ל	𐤋	ל	𓋾
Mem: water	ם - מ	𐤌	מ	𓈖
Nun: snake	ן - נ	𐤍	נ	𓆓
Samekh: column/support	ס	𐤎	ס	𓊽
Ayin: eye	ע	𐤏	ע	𓁹
Pe: corner/mouth	ף - פ	𐤐	פ	𓊋
Tsade: plant	ץ - צ	𐤑	צ	𓇑
Kuf: monkey/cryptography	ק	𐤒	ק	𓃻
Resh: head	ר	𐤓	ר	𓁶
Shin: bow/breast	ש	𐤔	ש	𓌔
Taw: mark/cross	ת	𐤕	ת	𓏴

Here is the full chart displaying the modern Ashuri Hebrew characters compared to the older characters until it reaches the Egyptian glyphs that inspired the characters, along with a description of what they were originally implying. Of course this is my interpretation of the glyphs and I've done my best to associate them based on multiple sources. For instance, while you could use "𓃸" for Kuf, "𓃻" makes more sense based on the Proto-Sinaitic representation of a figure 8 where the baboon is in a sitting pose. And while dalet is sometimes a door (𓉿), I've opted for its fish variant. If I encounter any problems with this interpretation I will update it accordingly. Some Proto-Sinaitic was very similar to the 𓉔 hieroglyph but I've opted to use the other more likely one.

I used to have another converter for modern Hebrew to distinguish between the other characters with repurposed hieroglyphs but removed it to keep everything simple. That modern extended hieroglyph converter is still available for usage if you want to use it, though.

There's a shockingly large void of Proto-Sinaitic material so some of the characters have some variances on that front as well; it's rather curious as at some point there'd have been an overwhelming amount of documents written in Proto-Sinaitic and perhaps even just with the Egyptian hieroglyphs themselves, but why this historical void exists is anyone's guess.

Glyph Revision History

I had heth as 𓉗, but going through the hieroglyphs 𓈇 looks to be a LOT closer. It's an irrigation canal. There's also a plain canal "𓈘" which is close, too. So I think the inspiration for this was actually an irrigation canal and not a regular enclosure. Some said heth should be "𓎛", but I don't know about that.
I had zayin as 𓏭 due to reference from another source, but looking at the hieroglyphs myself, this is definitely matching to 𓏱 (both the Proto-Sinaitic pictograph and Egyptian meaning of this glyph), it's so obvious that I don't know why sources don't immediately notice this. A notable mention is the pitchfork as well 𓍡.

Dating

If we were to assume portions of the Old Testament were written first in Proto-Sinaitic before it moved onto Ktav Ivri and ultimately into Masoretic, this is how I would date it accordingly:

Proto-Sinaitic 1450 BC
Ktav Ivri / Paleo-Hebrew 1000 BC
Ktav Ashuri 500 BC
Ashuri Masoretic Addtions 500 AD

Keep in mind this is under the assumption it was first written in Proto-Sinaitic, as there currently exist no proof it's only hypothetical. Considering Egyptian writing and culture were prevalent during Moses and Joseph, it's not out of the realm of possibility multiple writing systems were interchanged and people 'just knew' the pictograms of all of them back then. There's also nothing saying that portions of the Old Testament was written in just one of the writing systems, it could have been multiples before being consolidated into Ashuri.

To the Goofballs and Conspiratorialists

Unfortunately as I was researching this, there are apparently some Christians who get nutty and start modifying the symbols to selectively bend to what they want to imagine (that also goes against the Egyptian, I might add) or then claim God has hidden meanings: there's never going to be hidden meaning with the pictograms they'll always be obvious and in the open related to the vocabulary they're to represent. In fact, claiming God was hiding knowledge is exactly what Satan used to tempt Eve: so Christians saying God is hiding anything is basically promoting Satan's temptation.

While I was initially hesitant to acknowledge there was an association with the alphabet pictographs, it does appear there is sometimes. With my first revision of the Hebrew-to-Egyptian glyphs, I have noticed some interesting things when inputting a few famous Hebrew words.

Satan: שטן 𓆓𓄤𓌔

For 'Satan': the beginning glyph is a bow, the centre glyph means 'beauty' or 'good' and then the ending glyph is a snake: almost like it's saying good that has turned into evil (snake), or, beauty that masquerades as a snake. And then for the composite bow, I don't know... Satan has a target on all of our backs?

Elohim: אלהים 𓈖𓂝𓀠𓋾𓃾

For 'Elohim' it begins with an ox head followed by a cane seemingly implying that it's God who shepherds us all?

Obviously these are not 'hidden meanings' as the pictograms would only ever complement the words themselves. If you think about ancient cultures back then, associating pictograms would have also made it more obvious to people who may have not been formally educated. You don't need to learn proprietary vocabulary, you can just stare at the picture to see what it means visibly in the open, nothing hidden about it.

Not Phoenician

Since the pictograms line up with the ancient Hebrew, this is decent proof the early Sinaitic was mostly Jewish and not Phoenician as some bogus scholars or the World Economic Forum claim, as it would appear the alphabet itself was designed around Hebrew. The later languages (which is pretty much all) that borrowed Paleo-Hebrew and Proto-Sinaitic no longer had that intrinsic pictographic-vocabulary relationship. It's also on-brand for how Antisemitic the world is regarding Jewish history and culture.

P.S. I am also NOT saying the Torah was originally written in hieroglyphs, this is just a novel way to view what the Proto-Sinaitic text would have looked like if it were written out by the hieroglyphs which inspired the alphabet. The ancient people of the past would have been familiar with these hieroglyphs no doubt.