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Hebrew language - Wikipedia Hebrew[note 2] is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and remained in regular use as a first language until after 200 CE and as the liturgical language of Judaism (since the Second Temple period) and Samaritanism [15]
Hebrew language | Origin, History, Alphabet, Facts | Britannica Hebrew language, Semitic language of the Northern Central group Spoken in ancient times in Palestine, Hebrew was supplanted by the western dialect of Aramaic beginning about the 3rd century BCE It was revived as a spoken language in the 19th and 20th centuries and is the official language of Israel
7 Things You Should Know About Hebrew | My Jewish Learning Hebrew is the language of the Bible, Jewish prayer and — since the early 20th century — a modern language spoken in Israel Below are seven important things to know about this storied language
Hebrew language - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Hebrew language, also referred to as the Hebraic language, is a Northwest Semitic language Hebrew was spoken by Israelites a long time ago, during the time of the Bible After Judah was conquered by Babylonia, the Jews were taken captive (prisoner) to Babylon and started speaking Aramaic
Revival of the Hebrew language - Wikipedia The revival of the Hebrew language[a] took place in Europe and the Levant region toward the end of the 19th century and into the 20th century, through which the language's usage changed from purely the sacred language of Judaism to a spoken and written language used for daily life among the Jews in Palestine, and later Israel
A Short History of the Hebrew Language The history of the Hebrew language from ancient times, Biblical times, the time of the Babylonian captivity and the Bar Kockba revolt and into modern times with the creation of the State of Israel
Hebrew Table of Contents - Jewish Virtual Library Encyclopedia of Jewish and Israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from anti-Semitism to Zionism
Hebrew | People, Religion, Location | Britannica Hebrew, any member of an ancient northern Semitic people that were the ancestors of the Jews Biblical scholars use the term Hebrews to designate the descendants of the patriarchs of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)—i e , Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (also called Israel [Genesis 32:28])—from that period until their conquest of Canaan
10 Facts About the Hebrew Language Every Jew Should Know The vast majority of the Hebrew Bible (Tanach) is written in Hebrew (Some of the last books of the Bible, Daniel and Ezra, contain significant chunks of Aramaic, the lingua franca of the Jewish people during their Babylonian exile )