Why is A the first letter of the alphabet?     ^

Why is A the first letter of the alphabet? The order of the alphabet has been established for thousands of years. The reason for the order is an enduring mystery. * * A humble, hard-working, plow-pulling ox may have been original inspiration for A as the first letter of the alphabet. The horns on its head ∀ became the feet of the letter A as it rotated over time. It became the Proto-Sinaitic 'Alp , the Paleo Hebrew aleph , the Phoenician Aleph 𐤀 , the Greek Alpha, and finally, the Latin letter A used in modern English. The Aleph ox is an appropriate first symbol in the alphabet because it represents the first act of the agricultural year: breaking ground, turning the soil, and planting seeds. The hard work, dedication, strength, and fertility represented by the ox, means a strong start and a solid foundation for any endeavor. Tomb of Sennedjem, an Egyptian craftsman. Deir el-Medina, near Thebes, c. 1200 BCE. Met Museum Shabty of Amunemhat, c 1400 B.C. Brooklyn Museum Johann Goethe Reddit quote of C. Horner "Farming order" agricultural interpretation of the alphabet. C Horner 2024-1-17 RedditJohannGoethe Reddit alphanumerics Google slide with active links FARMING ORDER*: AGRICULTURAL INTERPRETATION OF THE ALPHABET Text: AGRICULTURE is one of the hidden pictographic themes of the alphabet. The form of letter A derives from Egyptian hieroglyphs for a hoe / adze (𓌸 U6) or a rotated ox head (𓃾 F1). The first letter of the alphabet, A, represents the first act of the growing season: plowing and breaking ground. Small letter b is a seed basket or hand gesture for seed planting and sprouting. Letter Ç is crescent-curved crop cutting tool like a scythe, sickle, sabre, scimitar, or kopesh ( 𓌳 U1). Derivatives of the scythe Ç include cut, collect, cull, and agriculture. D has the shape of a loaf of bread written with the Egyptian hieroglyph (𓏏 X1). Celeste Claire Horner, 2024-1-17 Alphabets are compact sets of symbols which represent essential elements of a worldview. There is more than one way to interpret these symbols. It is interesting to notice that the first four letters of the Latin alphabet represent important aspects of the agricultural process, from breaking ground, to baking bread. The precedents for these ideas were in place during ancient Egypt. A HOE: breaking ground with an ox, adze, or hoe B SOW: planting seeds, mounds of garden bed б C CARE: cultivate , (Proto-Sinaitic kap) Ç COLLECT CROP: crescent cutting tool, sickle, scythe 𓌳 D BREAD: eat, dine, food, end-product 𓏏 (bread loaf hieroglyph T or D) Meta-linguistic representation. FOOD: F fingers. OO open mouth. D bread. A break ground. B, D furrows and mounds of garden bed. e seeds, beans. F foliage. G gather. Γ, granary, guard, gate. A HOE. B SOW. C COLLECT. D BREAD (Egyptian hieroglyph X). e eat (Meta: mouth). G gut, digest. D: land. e seed. f leaf. Q clock time. Oo Hour and minute gears, cycles of relative sizes. Quick. Cooking pot. Ink well. Image magnified. Cry. Copy clone Cry. Copy clone. Col eat. Aquaduct Aquarius Hobby Bunker.com catalog model Ashmolean Museum. Photo by Heidi Kontkanen 2012 Macehead of King Scorpion of Egypt landiostravel.com 𓄿 * source --> A is a symbol for breaking ground. Å is a symbol of beginning. Hieroglyph of man with hoe is from Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary - E. A Wallis Budge. God with harrow is from from Babylonian constellations starmap by solariapublications 𓁃 Hieroglyph A58 𓌸 Hieroglyph U6 The Egyptian hoe. History of Egypt. Gutenberg.org A is a symbol for breaking ground. Å is a symbol of beginning. Antecedent Anterior Antique Ancestor PROTO-SINAITIC, THE WORLD'S FIRST ALPHABET ^ Source: Omniglot | Interpretation List of Egyptian hieroglyphs Official transliterations of the Egyptian hieroglyph "alphabet" Paleo Hebrew Egyptian hieroglyph prototypes of the alphabet Wikipedia: History of the Alphabet The origin and evolution of the alphabet from ProtoSinaitic Source: Usefulcharts.com NAME OF THE WEEK AUDREY Noble strength. Anglo-Saxon origin Meta-linguistic "Word Bloom" (Language of Light) ○ 𓏏 𓇶 𓇳 A / O / Ω D ReY Re Egyptian hieroglyph N5 sun Golden rays of sunset and sunrise Audience with the king Au, symbol for the element GOLD 🜚 aurum (Latin) gold. AU = O; AUM = OM A = Ω = O = W (vav, Hebrew). a: sun orb on the horizon 𓍶 O is the SUN O = GOLD, YELLOW, ORANGE, GLOW U is UP or UNDER A (single / non). U universal A eye. U understanding U book cover U crescent moon W is glow D is 𓏏 DAWN, or DUSK R is rising sun e is sun on the horizon Y is sky D = Dawn sun on the horizon 𓏏 Rei = king. Regal, regulate, royal Rey = Re (Egyptian N8) rising sun, sunshine, sun rays 𓇶 Rey = Re (Egyptian N5) sun 𓇳 Ohr (Hebrew) light. aura Ray = light February 27, 2024 DRAFT 2024-2-29 , 2024-1-12, 12-2023 * DRAFT 2023 PAGE 2, original draft continued