hieroglyphic

Everyday

1. Written in picture signs, as the ancient Egyptians wrote. tree →
2. Hard to read, like secret picture writing. tree →

In the lessons

in lessons, ancient picture writing, or any strange picture-like marks

Examples

• The tomb had hieroglyphic signs on the wall. tree →
• Hieroglyphic writing uses pictures for sounds and ideas. tree →
• Its markings looked hieroglyphic to me. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

in lessons, ancient picture writing, or any strange picture-like marks

Examples

• The linear characters in Egypt are earlier than the hieroglyphics, though a few of the forms may ultimately have been fused with the latter. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• Did it spring from the Egyptian liioro- fflyphics, or from the cuneiform systems of the Assyrians, or from the hieroglyphics of the Hittites, or from the Syllabary (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

nothing for maths