Yehimilk Phoenician Inscription 10th Century BC, Byblos, Lebanon.

Inscription of Yehimilk; King of Byblos, (KAI;4); Mid 10th Century BC;
בת ז בני יחימלך מלך גבל. הות חוי כל מפלת הבתים אל.יארך בעל שמים, ו בעלת גבל, ו מפחרת אל גבל קדשם ימת יחימילך ו שנתו על גבל כ מלך צדק ו מילך ישר לפנ אל גבל קדשם הו

This is the temple that Yehimilk; King of Byblos, has built. It was him who has rebuilt all those ruined temples.May the God of the heavens, the Lady of Byblos and the holy assembly of the Gods of Byblos prolong the days of Yehimilk and his years as king of Byblos, because he is a righteous and a just king in the eyes of the holy Gods of Byblos.

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• Phoenician language
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• Phoenician-Arabic

[camilleri99]

nice work . greetings from malta . phoenician is our very first ancestors :)

[ahhc07]

@camilleri99 Thank you!

[Greyshark09]

It is the same as Hebrew

[ahhc07]

@Greyshark09 Kind of sister languages. Hebrew and Phoenician are both Canaanite languages.

[Malkibaal]

great 5 stars I loved it its really a great enjoy to listen your videos! Very great work I hope we both can inspire more to look and to learn phoenician I like it , favourited!

[ahhc07]

Thank you my friend for your kind words. You took the lead and i am following in your footsteps.

[Greyshark09]

@ahhc07

yes, phoenician is north canaanite

hebrew is southern canaanite

[awhage]

Thank you. i enjoyed your video. I'm Lebanese Canadian and proud of my heritage. i just finished reading the book "Phoenicians" by Sanford Holst. Awesome book.

[montezoma]

Nice work, are you Lebanese ?