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  1. Hebrew language - Wikipedia

    Israelian Hebrew is a proposed northern dialect of biblical Hebrew, believed to have existed in all eras of the language, in some cases competing with late biblical Hebrew as an explanation for non-standard …

  2. Hebrew language | Origin, History, Alphabet, & Facts | Britannica

    Dec 19, 2025 · 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 …

  3. Hebrew language, alphabet and pronunciation - Omniglot

    Hebrew is a member of the Canaanite group of Semitic languages. It was the language of the early Jews, but from 586 BC it started to be replaced by Aramaic.

  4. Hebrew - Chabad.org

    Hebrew, the language of the Bible, is also known as the Holy Tongue. For thousands of years, Jews have prayed, studied, written and read in this ancient language.

  5. 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. 1) …

  6. Hebrew - Jewish Languages

    Jan 4, 2025 · Hebrew, widely known as the central language of the Jewish people, is attested since approximately the 10th century BCE (Shanks 2010).

  7. Hebrew language - Wikiwand

    Hebrew is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Isra...

  8. Hebrew: The Only Language Fully Revived - The Times of Israel

    6 days ago · Gabriel Birnbaum, senior researcher at Historical Dictionary Project at Israel's Academy of the Hebrew Language in Jerusalem, shows an old Hebrew text on his personal computer at his office …

  9. A Short History of the Hebrew Language

    Was Hebrew just one of the many Semitic languages such as Canaanite, Aramaic, Phoenician, Akkadian, etc., that evolved out of a more ancient unknown language? Or, was Hebrew, and the …

  10. » An Overview of Hebrew

    Hebrew, a member of the family of Semitic languages, was spoken in the Land of Israel for centuries in antiquity and subsequently preserved by Jews throughout the Diaspora as a medium of cultural and …