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A在字母表上名列前茅,这是事出有因的。在古腓尼基的时候,字母A叫aleph,意思是牛。当时A的写法是V,样子像牛的双角冲间还有斜斜的一横。希腊人把它翻转过来,成为现在这个样子。牛给腓尼基人以肉食,从事劳役,提供鞋靴、衣着的原料。一群牛对他们来说就意味着一大笔财富。生存的第二个重要条件是住房。在腓尼基语中,B叫做Beth,意思是帐篷或房子。腓尼基人当初写字母B时的样子看起来很像原始的两间一套的住房。一间给男人住,一间给妇女住。D在腓尼基语中叫deleth,是从埃及象形文字那儿吸收过来的。埃及象形文字D,意思是门,
A is among the best in the alphabet. This is a matter of fact. In ancient Phoenicia, the letter A was aleph, meaning cow. At that time, A’s writing was V, and it looked like a cross between a pair of horns of a cow. The Greeks turned it over and became what it is now. The cattle gave meat to the Phoenicians and engaged in labor, providing shoes, clothing and raw materials. A group of cows means a lot of wealth to them. The second important condition for survival is housing. In Phoenician, B is called Beth, meaning tent or house. When the Phoenicians first wrote the letter B, they looked like the original two sets of housing. One room for men and one room for women. D called Deleth in Phoenician, absorbed from Egyptian hieroglyphics. Egyptian hieroglyph D means door,