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

According to Homer they came from the Red Sea, thus linking them with Punt.

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, 𐤅 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 (•𓈖 𓆱 𓐍 𓏏 𓂡 | victory)

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

𐤋𐤐𐤐 𐤟 𐤔𐤁𐤋 lpp 𐤟 šbl (?) «some curse»

𓈖 𓆱 𓐍 𓏏 𓂡 | victory| νίκη nike.toir @ greek ++++ nvictory/πvinci/win <> knechten 𓈖 𓆱 𓐍 𓏏 𓏏 𓂡 | victory| 𓈖 𓍇 𓏌 𓅱 𓎛 𓂡 𓍢 | bind (enemies) | vinciō “bind” 𓈖 𓆱 𓐍 𓏏 𓏏 𓂡 | victory| <> 𓈖 𓎡 𓏏 𓏴 𓏛 | profit, advantage | nVictory?

Purple

𓃀 𓋴 𓋳 < •phoenician ( 𓃀 Bein ) 𓇋 𓂧 𓏇 𓇋 𓋳 | red linen | •admi 𓃀 𓋴 𓋳 פשתן אדום pishtan adom

Juden?

𓇋 𓂧 𓎛 𓇋 𓇋 𓇇 𓀀 | marsh-man | #jdhy Jude? 𓇋 𓂧 𓏇 𓇋 𓋳 | red linen | •jid'mir ≈ كتان أحمر kittan ahmar