Is ancient Hebrew related to ancient Phoenician?

They are dialects of the same language. The Bible calls the language 'Sfat Kanaan' the “Tongue of Canaan,” as often did the Phoenicians. One of the disjunctions in how history is taught in the West is the common lack of recognition that the folks the Bible called Canaanites were called Phoenicians by the Greeks. read more

They are dialects of the same language. The Bible calls the language ‘Sfat Kanaan’ the “Tongue of Canaan,” as often did the Phoenicians. One of the disjunctions in how history is taught in the West is the common lack of recognition that the folks the Bible called Canaanites were called Phoenicians by the Greeks. read more

> "Modern Hebrew is written from right to left using the Hebrew alphabet, which is an abjad, or consonant-only script of 22 letters. The ancient paleo-Hebrew alphabet is similar to those used for Canaanite and Phoenician. read more

The Phoenician alphabet, called by convention the Proto-Canaanite alphabet for inscriptions older than around 1050 BC, is the oldest verified alphabet. The Phoenician alphabet is an abjad consisting of 22 letters, all consonants, with matres lectionis used for some vowels in certain late varieties. read more