The first symbol on the left above is the [water] symbol. It is 'n' during the Greco-Roman period and it was originally an 'm'. There are a few kinds of evidence to suggest that [water] is 'm'. There are two by the acrophonic principle. The Coptic word for "water" is 'mo' so we would expect the word for "water" to begin with 'm'. The ancient Hebrew word for water is 'mym' and actually it is identical to the Egyptian word for water. In ancient Egyptian writing when there are three identical symbols consecutive, the second symbol could either be 'U' or 'Y' which are the two common infixes. The word [water][water][water] is very common and translates to 'mmm' which is 'mym' which means "water". The Coptic word 'mo' is due to Canaanite influence from 'ma' which we can see is "water" in Arabic. Additionally, the early Semitic alphabet has a form of the Egyptian water symbol for the letter 'm', that would be the epigraphic evidence. The [reed flower] symbol can be seen in the above picture on the right. It is frequently found doubled as you see below. This is also the case for 'L' in Ancient Hebrew, as in such words as 'ALL' ("statue"), 'GLL', 'BLL', 'WLL', 'HLL', 'PLL'. That occurs in other words as well. If Egyptian is related to Semitic languages then the [reed flower] must correspond to 'L'. Finding patterns in the writing and comparing that to known language patterns is what I call the structural method of decipherment.
The [net] symbol appears in the center of the above picture and also below. Below on the left you can see the detailed form that it takes, otherwise it takes the form on the right, or if it is carved out of soft stone then it looks like a rectangle without the center horizontal line. The form is the same in the Semitic writing and yet it has the phonetic value of /p/ during the Greco-Roman period, and /h/, /ea/, /eh/ and /e/ in Ancient Hebrew. The first question I asked is how could Moses who was learned in all of the wisdom of the Egyptians, and raised as an Egyptian, have used a symbol for two different phonetic values. That was before I discovered the reason for the pronunciations during the Greco-Roman period. Then I realized that the phonetic value of /p/ must not be correct. Our letter 'H' comes from this symbol from the Semitic alphabet. Few understand that the Semitic alphabet came from the Egyptian writing holding the same phonetic values. After deciphering a few symbols then we simply try to use the acrophonic principle with Ancient Hebrew, as in the following, to see if the values we plug in make sense. The [throne] would be 'kazhaa' ('KXA'), so by the acrophonic principle its phonetic value is /k/. We know that [lobe] ([circle part]) is 't'. And we notice that [egg] is 'bcy' in Ancient Hebrew or 'bayt' in Arabic. This particular example also works for Arabic. You can see in the photo below that these symbols form a word. This word is /k /t/ /b/ or 'ktb' and that means "write", so we have just deciphered an Egyptian word.
I did not draw the Lion's head as accurately in the following photo as I should have. This is an interesting example because the compound symbol is very particular and you will see why. On the famous Rosetta Stone trilingual inscription we find the name in Greek of the language at the top refering to the hieroglyphs as the language called 'ierois'. 'ois' is a Greek suffix, and that is known. In Ancient Hebrew the Nile is called the 'yar'. Israel came from Egypt, so they would have had the same word for the Nile as the Egyptians. So the Greek spelling 'ier' corresponds to the Hebrew spelling 'yar'. We know that the following consists of [arm] [head] of a lion, so let us say that is [arm] [lion] [head]; it is a reasonable deduction because it is a lion depiction, despite the poor copy that I made. It is common also. [arm] is 'yod', also the [arm] symbol is pronounced as /ee/ in Hadrian. Semitic for [lion] is 'ary'. And [head] is 'raas' ('rosh' in Hebrew). So we have /y/ /a/ /r/, which is 'yar' and that means "Nile". Also 'ierois' is literally translated "Nilotic".
On the next few hieroglyphic words I will go into further detail in the next lesson. In the first word in the picture below, we see a figure with long hair and a beard, this is related to the Semitic 'bn' which means "son" and 'bt' which means "daughter"; in otherwords the gender is nondescript and either way only 'b' is in view. The word is [eye] [throne] [bt/bn]. And that is 'rkb' which means "carriage" or "chariot". In the next word we have the [female] figure and that corresponds to the female suffix which is 'w' in Egyptian ('h' in Hebrew). I believe the ankh represents "self" which is indicated by 'k'. Note the word 'anky' means "myself" or "I myself" in Semitic and that relates to 'ank' (in 'ankh' the 'kh' is the letter khi). So [ankh] [female] [feather] is 'kwn' which means "priest". I will go into further detail on the last two in the next lesson, those two are the same word 'slm' which perhaps means "ease". It is related to the word 'salaam' and 'shalom' which means "peace".
