ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “J ” - it is a latecomer to the alphabet and originally had no sound value. The letter itself began as a scribal modification of Roman -i- in continental Medieval Latin.
BIBLE ARCHEOLOGY PROTO-HEBREW ALPHABET EVIDENCE OF EARLY HEBREW WRITING: “(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence:)” 🕎Luke 23;35-38 “And a superscription also was written over him in Hebrew”
ANCIENT HEBREW ALPHABET REFRESHER: “I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:” 🕎Zephaniah 3:9 “For then I turn to the people a pure language”