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Malachim Alphabet

Agrippa’s Malachim script uses star-like dot-and-stroke glyphs keyed to Hebrew letters.

Geocaching tip: Malachim is a 22-character Hebrew-based system; do not treat it as a standard English A–Z substitution.

Malachim — 22-letter key

Malachim maps to the 22 letters of Hebrew, not directly to 26 Latin letters. Below are geometric teaching diagrams with the Hebrew letter and a sound/transliteration key. Letter forms may vary between historical and modern charts.

א · AAleph
ב · BBeth
ג · GGimel
ד · DDaleth
ה · HHe
ו · VVav
ז · ZZayin
ח · ChChet
ט · TTet
י · YYod
כ · KKaf
ל · LLamed
מ · MMem
נ · NNun
ס · SSamekh
ע · ʿAyin
פ · PPe
צ · TsTsadi
ק · QQof
ר · RResh
ש · ShShin
ת · ThTav

The Latin sounds are approximate. When a puzzle uses A–Z instead of the Hebrew system, verify the puzzle author’s particular transliteration convention.