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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.
It is the oldest example of the family of West Semitic scripts such as the Phoenician, Paleo-Hebrew, and Aramaic alphabets (including the Hebrew alphabet). The so-called "long alphabet" has 30 letters while the "short alphabet" has 22. Other languages (particularly Hurrian) were occasionally written in the Ugarit area, although not elsewhere.
Also known as the Eliot Indian Bible or the Algonquian Bible: 1693: Tunisian Arabic: copy of a Tunisian poem written by Sheykh Hassan el-Karray [185] Before 1700, lyrics of songs were not written in Tunisian Arabic but in Classical Arabic. [185] c. 1695: Seri: grammar and vocabulary compiled by Adamo Gilg: No longer known to exist. [186] 17th ...
The Coptic alphabet was based on the Greek alphabet, of which 24 letters were used, along with 7 letters borrowed from the Demotic script (Ϣ, Ϥ, Ϧ, Ϩ, Ϫ, Ϭ, Ϯ). Five letters were used only in words of Greek origin. However, the Coptic language does not distinguish between d and t. This is evident in transcriptions of terms such as ...
The Phoenician alphabet is one of the oldest verified consonantal alphabet, or abjad. [6] It has become conventional to refer to the script as "Proto-Canaanite" until the mid-11th century BC, when it is first attested on inscribed bronze arrowheads , and as "Phoenician" only after 1050 BC. [ 7 ]
The history of the alphabet goes back to the consonantal writing system used to write Semitic languages in the Levant during the 2nd millennium BC. Nearly all alphabetic scripts used throughout the world today ultimately go back to this Semitic script. [ 1 ]
[10] [11] [12] The 15 cm x 16.5 cm (5.9 in x 6.5 in) trapezoid pottery sherd has five lines of text written in ink written in the Proto-Canaanite alphabet (the old form of the Phoenician alphabet). [10] [13] That the language of the tablet is Hebrew is suggested by the presence of the words תעש tʕś "to do" and עבד ʕbd "servant".
Biblical Hebrew (Hebrew: עִבְרִית מִקְרָאִית , romanized: ʿiḇrîṯ miqrāʾîṯ (Ivrit Miqra'it) ⓘ or לְשׁוֹן הַמִּקְרָא , ləšôn ham-miqrāʾ (Leshon ha-Miqra) ⓘ), also called Classical Hebrew, is an archaic form of the Hebrew language, a language in the Canaanitic branch of the Semitic languages spoken by the Israelites in the area known as ...