Learn Ugaritic Cuneiform! vs Alef Omega

The Ugaritic cuneiform abjad developed from the more complex Sumerian cuneiform. The Ugaritic language is an extinct Northwest Semitic language, making its closest living relatives Hebrew and Neo-Aramaic varieties such as Syriac and Mandaic. Each cuneiform sign is displayed with its typical transliteration and Arabic equivalent. In the quiz section, you can specify if you want to quiz yourself against the transliteration or IPA, Syriac, Hebrew, Arabic, or Phoeneician equivalents. The Ugaritic signs are listed in the Northern order, similar to what is used for Hebrew. There is also a southern alphabetical order more similar to that used for South Arabian languages. Ugaritic was first discovered on clay in Ugarit, which is today called Ras Al Shamra, Syria. It has 30 letters, and one punctuation mark (a word divider). It was written starting sometime around 1400 BCE for a few hundred years. The phonological value of the letter "s2" is still debated. Cuneiform has also been used to write Sumerian, Akkadian (another Semitic language), Elamite, Hittite, Hurrian, and even Old Persian.

Alef Omega helps students to learn and memorize the following biblical vocabularies: Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic and Latin, Syriac. The vocabularies are taken from the textbooks in use at the Pontificio Istituto Biblico (PIB). Users can choose any chapter or any section to practice from the referenced textbooks. There is extra content in the Hebrew section featuring transliteration and parsing of verbs. All of this is offered free in order to assist beginning biblical students. Text Books: HEBREW - Introduction to Biblical Hebrew by Thomas Lambdin - 90% Hebrew vocabulary of the Old Testament - Parsing Biblical Hebrew Verbs. - Hebrew Vocabulary Categories: ARAMAIC - An Introduction to the Aramaic of Targum byThomas O. Lambdin - Basics of Biblical Aramaic by Miles V. Van Pelt - Biblical Aramaic vocabulary by frequency - Biblical Aramaic paradigms GREEK - Grammar of New Testament Greek by C. Sunil Ranjar - An Introduction to the Study of New Testament Greek by James Swetnam - 92% Greek NT vocabulary - Basics Biblical Greek by Bill Mounce - Greek NT – Oak Hill College - English terms and Greek roots LATIN - A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin by Collins - Wheelock’s Latin. - 1000 Most Common Latin Words - Latin Greek Roots SYRIAC - Introduction to Syriac by W. M. Thackston - Syriac OT & NT Vocabulary AKKADIAN A Grammar of Akkadian by John Huehnergard DICTIONARY A dictionary is added to search for words or terms in English and provide corresponding translations in Hebrew, Greek, Latin and Syriac. REVIEW This section stores vocabularies saved for later review.