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  2. Dalet - Wikipedia

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    Dalet (dāleth, also spelled Daleth or Daled) is the fourth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician dālt 𐤃, Hebrew dālet ד ‎, Aramaic dālaṯ 𐡃, Syriac dālaṯ ܕ, and Arabic dāl د ‎ (in abjadi order; 8th in modern order). Its sound value is the voiced alveolar plosive ([d]).

  3. Geresh - Wikipedia

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    Also used for English voiced th; Often a simple Dalet (ד) is written; ח ‎ heth: ẖ / h, ḥ, or h Ḥaʾ (ح) Non existent in English, pronounced like an "h" while contracting the pharynx: ח׳ ‎ heth with a geresh: Ḫāʾ (ﺥ) Sheikh (شيخ) ת ‎ tav: t Tāʾ (ت) tail ת׳ ‎ tav with a geresh: ṯāʾ (ث) ʿuthman (عثمان)

  4. Biblical languages - Wikipedia

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    Biblical languages are any of the languages employed in the original writings of the Bible.Some debate exists as to which language is the original language of a particular passage, and about whether a term has been properly translated from an ancient language into modern editions of the Bible.

  5. Valley of Salt - Wikipedia

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    In Hebrew, the resh "ר" and the daleth "ד" are very similar and easily confused if not written carefully. It is conjectured that while David was leading his army against the Ammonites and Arameans, the Edomites invaded the south of Judah, and that David sent Joab or Abishai against them, who drove them back and finally subdued Edom.

  6. Biblical names in their native languages - Wikipedia

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    This table is a list of names in the Bible in their native languages. This table is only in its beginning stages. There are thousands of names in the Bible. It will take the work of many Wikipedia users to make this table complete.

  7. List of Bible translations by language - Wikipedia

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    The Digital Bible Library lists over 240 different contributors. [1] According to Wycliffe Bible Translators, in September 2024, speakers of 3,765 languages had access to at least a book of the Bible, including 1,274 languages with a book or more, 1,726 languages with access to the New Testament in their native language and 756 the full Bible ...

  8. Hebrew alphabet - Wikipedia

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    These points are normally used only for special purposes, such as Biblical books intended for study, in poetry or when teaching the language to children. The Tiberian system also includes a set of cantillation marks , called trope or te'amim , used to indicate how scriptural passages should be chanted in synagogue recitations of scripture ...

  9. Biblical Aramaic - Wikipedia

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    Biblical Hebrew is the main language of the Hebrew Bible. Aramaic accounts for only 269 [10] verses out of a total of over 23,000. Biblical Aramaic is closely related to Hebrew, as both are in the Northwest Semitic language family. Some obvious similarities and differences are listed below: [11]