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Hebrew language
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Key People:
Martin Buber Franz Rosenzweig Moses Mendelssohn Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon Michael Scot
Related Topics:
Old Hebrew language Medieval Hebrew language Mishnaic Hebrew language Modern Hebrew language Biblical Hebrew language
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Hebrew language, Semitic language of the Northern Central (also called Northwestern) group; it is closely related to Phoenician and Moabite, with which it is often placed by scholars in a Canaanite subgroup. Spoken in ancient times in Palestine, Hebrew was supplanted by the western dialect of Aramaic beginning about the 3rd century bce; the language continued to be used as a liturgical and literary language, however. It was revived as a spoken language in the 19th and 20th centuries and is the official language of Israel. The history of the Hebrew language is usually divided into four major periods: Biblical, ...(100 of 701 words)

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