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Modern Hebrew is considered to be a koiné language based on historical layers of Hebrew that incorporates foreign elements, mainly those introduced during the most critical revival period between 1880 and 1920, as well as new elements created by speakers through natural linguistic evolution.
Hebrew 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 and Samaritanism.
Hebrew Wikipedia (Hebrew: ויקיפדיה העברית, IPA: [vikiˈpedja ha(ʔ)ivˈʁit]) is the Hebrew language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started on 8 July 2003 [1] and contains more than 354,000 articles as of May 2024.
Hebrew alphabet - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) History. Description. Pronunciation. Stylistic variants. Numeric values of letters. Transliterations and transcriptions. Religious use. Mathematical use. Unicode and HTML. See also. Notes. References. Bibliography. External links. Hebrew alphabet. This article contains Hebrew text.
Modern Hebrew ( Hebrew: עברית חדשה) is the standard form of the Hebrew language spoken today. It is the official language of Israel, where it is used in government, education, and daily life. The roots of Modern Hebrew can be traced back to ancient Hebrew, which was used in the Bible and other religious texts.
The revival of the Hebrew language took place in Europe and Palestine 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 in Israel.
Whatever the truth of the matter, we have to recognize that the exact beginnings of the Hebrew language are still surrounded by mystery. From the moment of its appearance in a documented written form, Hebrew offers clear evidence that it belongs to the Canaanite group of languages, with certain peculiarities of its own.
