Phoenician

The Phoenicians were a Semitic-speaking people of somewhat unknown origin who emerged in the Levant around 3000 BC.

It is debated whether Phoenicians were actually distinct from the broader group of Semitic-speaking peoples known as Canaanites Φοινίκη peculiar Qvoinikin? 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍@Knossos 𒆳𒆠𒈾𒄴𒈾 KUR.ki-na-aḫ-na Kinâḫna Χνᾶ כנען

knʿ, "to be low, humble, subjugated" "lowlands", in contrast with Aram, which would then mean "highlands"

Hurrian Kinaḫḫu "red-purple" see phoenix

𓎡 𓃀 𓈖 𓈉 Kavnan > Canaan 𓃀 𓈖 𓈉 KurByblos

Kanacken Hawaiian kanaka “person, human being” (Proto-Polynesian *taŋata)

Phoenician alphabet see hebrew

𐤀𐤓𐤍 𐤟 𐤆 𐤐𐤏𐤋 𐤟 [𐤐𐤋]𐤎𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤟 𐤁𐤍 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤌 𐤟 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤂𐤁𐤋 ʾrn 𐤟 z pʿl 𐤟 [pl]s(?)bʿl 𐤟 bn ʾḥrm 𐤟 mlk gbl This coffin urn [Pil]sibaʿal has made, the son of Aḥirom King of Byblos

𐤋𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤌 𐤟 𐤀𐤁𐤄 𐤟 𐤊 𐤔𐤕𐤄 𐤟 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤌 lʾḥrm 𐤟 ʾbh 𐤟 k šth(?) 𐤟 bʿlm for Aḥirom, his father, as he laid him down for eternity.

𐤅𐤀𐤋 𐤟 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤟 𐤁𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤌 wʾl 𐤟 mlk 𐤟 b'mlkm And while a king among the kings (any)

𐤅𐤎𐤊𐤍 𐤟 𐤁𐤎<𐤊>𐤍𐤌 w'skn 𐤟 b'sknm or a governor among the governors

𐤅𐤕𐤌𐤀 𐤟 𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤕 𐤟 𐤏𐤋𐤉 𐤟 𐤂𐤁𐤋 wtmʾ 𐤟 mḥnt 𐤟 ʿly 𐤟 gbl or a commander of the army [will rule/march] over Byblos

𐤅𐤉𐤂𐤋 𐤟 𐤀𐤓𐤍 𐤟 𐤆𐤍 wygl 𐤟 ʾrn 𐤟 zn and would remove this coffin urn,

𐤕𐤇𐤕𐤎𐤐 𐤟 𐤇𐤈𐤓 𐤟 𐤌𐤔𐤐𐤈𐤄 tḥtsp 𐤟 ḥṭr 𐤟 mšpṭh then his imperial scepter shall break (lit.: the staff of his legal power shall be defoliated)

𐤕𐤄𐤕𐤐𐤊 𐤟 𐤊𐤎𐤀 𐤟 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤄 thtpk 𐤟 ksʾ 𐤟 mlkh the throne of his kingship shall overturn,

𐤅𐤍𐤇𐤕 𐤟 𐤕𐤁𐤓𐤇 𐤟 𐤏𐤋 𐤟 𐤂𐤁𐤋 wnḥt 𐤟 tbrḥ 𐤟 ʿl 𐤟 gbl and peace shall depart from Byblos

𐤅𐤄𐤀 𐤟 𐤉𐤌𐤇 𐤎𐤐𐤓 𐤆 whʾ 𐤟 ymḥ spr z And as to him, [if] he shall erase this inscription,

𐤋𐤐𐤐 𐤟 𐤔𐤁𐤋 lpp 𐤟 šbl (?) «some curse»