Structural Analysis of Proto-Canaanite Writing — Alphabetic Grammar Transmission, Resolution of the Aleph Paradox, and the Structural Dating of the Alphabetic Order · Priority Claim · March 2026

Application of the Molina Methodology (Formulametrics, v3.1) to the completereconstructed Proto-Canaanite corpus (c. 1700-1050 BCE) resolves three openquestions identified in the companion Proto-Sinaitic structural deciphermentdeposit (March 22, 2026) and produces six new structural findings notpreviously reported in the literature. Corpus: 24 inscriptions · 166 sign tokens · 22 sign types · 15 sites ·c. 1700-1050 BCE · Levantine Canaan (Late Bronze Age to Iron Age I).Sources: Albright (1966), Sass (1988), Hamilton (2006), Cross (2003),Finkelstein & Sass (2013), McCarter et al. (2011), Rollston et al. (2021),Hasel et al. (2022). Six key findings: (1) The Aleph Paradox resolved — aleph is 93.1% medialin Proto-Sinaitic (1850 BCE) and begins shifting to initial position in themid-Proto-Canaanite phase (1400-1200 BCE), reaching initial-dominant by theIzbet Sartah abecedary (c.1100 BCE). The paradox dissolves across threemeasurable stages. (2) The canonical 22-letter alphabetic order was fixedat c.1100 BCE — a grammar snapshot, not arbitrary convention. (3) Theterminal grammar signal confirmed: taw remains the structural closingoperator throughout the entire PS-to-PC transmission chain (1850-1050 BCE),explaining its terminal position in every Semitic alphabet. (4) Layer 4proper noun slot fully characterized with two confirmed sub-types: personalname dedication (Type A, Sin-348 pattern) and offering content dedication(Type B, Lachish Ewer pattern). (5) Jerubba'al — the personal name inJudges 6:32 given to Gideon — confirmed in the Layer 4 proper noun slot atKhirbet Rai (c.1100 BCE), providing the first structural connection betweenthe alphabetic inscription grammar and a named biblical individual.(6) The Egyptian administrative grammar proved in the companion PS depositis traceable through the full PC transmission chain — inherited 1850 BCE,transmitted intact 750 years, standardized at c.1100 BCE. This deposit contains: public priority claim PDF, structural ledger PDF(seven formula entries with English scene reconstructions spanning 1700-1050BCE chronologically), and interactive animated HTML visualizer (four viewmodes: inscription playback, aleph shift temporal chart, transmission chain,abecedary grammar snapshot — representative demonstration data). Companion deposit: Proto-Sinaitic Structural Decipherment, March 22, 2026.PS public deposit SHA-256:a2a07e99bf2e1a579cfc8274ecf19d70194687de748708fe7dafe18ec47f763a Full methodology, complete statistical tables, corpus reconstruction decisionlog, and computational scripts are withheld in a separate restricted depositfiled on the same date.SHA-256 of private deposit:75c894c59b7291a0a90a6d4096a01c12eaf10b79490f4210b74c9bf65bfb245e