A Short Vocabulary of Phoenician

After rxa »˙r Daughter tb bt

All lk kl Day my ym
Altar xbzm mzb˙ Die tm mt;
And w w; ako sk»
p p Dig ark kr»
Animal tyx ˙yt Do lep p«l
Army tnxm m˙nt Dog blk klb
Arrow ux ˙ß Door ld dl
Bad er r« Dry brx ˙rb “drying shed”
Be nwk kwn Earth ura »rß
Beard nqz zqn Eat lka »kl
Because k k Eight nmv ∑mn
Belly njb b†n Eternity mle «lm “tomb, eternity”
Bird tpe «pt; Fall lpn npl “fallen” adj.
rpu ßpr Fat (grease) blx ˙lb;
Bless krb brk trbt tbrt
Bone mue «ßm; Father ba »b
Bow tvq q∑t Fear (verb) etv ∑t«
Boy ren n«r Field ydv ∑dy
Bread tlx ˙lt “bread (for sacrifice)”; Fire yra »ry;
mxl l˙m va »∑
Break yxd d˙y Five vmx ˙m∑
Brother xa »˙ Foot mep p«m
Burn yra »ry Four ebra »rb«
City re «r Freeze vrq qr∑
Come eta »t«; Fruit rp pr
ab b» Gather pva »sp;
dry yrd yra »ry
Count ynm mny Give nty ytn;
Cut (verb) okn nks ntn ntn
Darkness kvx ˙∑k “underworld” God la »l
Goddess tla »lt Long kra »rk;
Gold urx ˙rß ewrom msrw«
Good men n«m Man (male) mda »dm “man(kind)”;
Grass truxm m˙ßrt va »∑
Guard (verb) run nßr; rbg gbr
rmv ∑mr Many ygv ∑gy;
Hand dy yd br rb
He ah h» Master nda »dn
Head var r»∑ Meat (flesh) rvb b∑r;
Hear emv ∑m« rav ∑»r
Heart bl lb Milk blx ˙lb
Heavy lqv ∑ql “weigher” Moon xry yr˙
Here knh hnk; Mother ma »m
ak k» Mountain rh hr
Hit mlh hlm Mouth p p
Hold (take) xql lq˙; Name mv ∑m
tbu ßbt Near wg gw;
Honey tpn npt tktm mtkt “midst”
Horn nrq qrn tkt tkt “midst”
Horse oo ss New vdx ˙d∑
House tb bt Night ll ll
Husband leb b«l “citizen, husband” Nine evt t∑«
I kna »nk Not ya »y;
If la »l; la »l
ma »m lb bl
In b b Olive tyz zyt
Island ya »y One dxa »˙d;
King klm mlk txa »˙t
Know edy yd« Open aup pß»;
Lamb rma »mr xtp pt˙
Lie (recline) bkv ∑kb Orphan mty ytm
Live ywx ˙wy Ox pla »lp
Palace lkh hkl Shield ngm mgn
Pasture rk kr Silver pvk ksp
People vpn np∑ Sing rv ∑r
Poor ld dl Sister txa »˙t
Pour kon nsk Sit bvy y∑b
Priest nhk khn; Six vv ∑∑
rmk kmr Skin re «r
Pure akz zk» Sky mmv ∑mm
Put mv ∑m “set up”; Sleep tv ∑t
tv ∑t Small njq q†n
Queen tklm mlkt Son nb bn;
Ram lby ybl rb br
Right (correct) qdu ßdq Stab (pierce) llx ˙ll
Road krd drk; Star bkk kkb
ux ˙ß; Stick anq qn» “stalk”
klan n»lk Stone nba »bn
Robe ntk ktn “linen” Straight rvy y∑r “upright”
Roof gg gg; Strong zo «z
tnpom mspnt Sun sms ∑m∑
Root vrv ∑r∑ Temple nwem m«wn
Sacrifice (verb) brq qrb Ten roe «sr;
Salt xlm ml˙ trve «∑rt
Say rma »mr; Tent lha »hl
apu ßp» “seer” There mv ∑m
Sea my ym They tmh hmt
See xzy ˙zy; Thin qqd dqq
Seed erz zr« “offspring”; Thing rbd dbr
xmu ßm˙ Think bvx ˙∑b
Seek vqb bq∑; This va »∑;
yev ∑«y z z;
Send xlv ∑l˙ nz zn
Servant dbe «bd Three vlv ∑l∑
Seven ebv ∑b«
Throne avk ks» White nbl lbn
Tie dga »gd; Who ym my
rva »sr Wide bxr r˙b “widen”
To l l; Widow tmla »lmt
ta »t Wife tva »∑t
Tree ue «ß “wood” Wind xr r˙ “wind, spirit”
Tunic ntk ktn “linen” Window tzxm m˙zt
Two mnv ∑nm Wine rmx ˙mr;
Valley qme «mq vrt tr∑
Voice lq ql Wisdom tmkx ˙kmt
Walk klh hlk With nlda »dln;
Wall rgx ˙gr; ta »t
ux ˙ß; Wood rey y«r;
rq qr; ue «ß
trmv ∑mrt Word rbd dbr;
Want rvxm m˙sr lm ml
Wash vbk kbs Year tv ∑t
We nxna »n˙n You (pl.) nxna »n˙n
What am m» You (sg.) ta »t
When mk km

Sources:
A Comparative Semetic Lexicon of the Phoenician & Punic Languages, by Richard S. Tompack.
(Scholar’s Press:Missoula, Montana. 1978).
A Grammar of the Phoenician Language, by Zellig S. Harris. (American Oriental Society: New
Haven Connecticut. 1936).