Biblical Hebrew
Spoken language
Biblical Hebrew, also called Classical Hebrew, is an archaic form of the Hebrew language, a language in the Canaanite branch of Semitic languages spoken by the Israelites in the area known as the Land of Israel, roughly west of the Jordan River... Wikipedia
Era: attested from the 10th century BCE; developed into Mishnaic Hebrew after the Jewish–Roman wars in the first century CE
ISO 639-3: Either: – Ancient Hebrew; – Samaritan Hebrew
Language family: Afro-Asiatic > Semitic > West Semitic > Central Semitic > Northwest Semitic > Canaanite > Biblical Hebrew
Standard forms: Samaritan; Mishnaic Hebrew †; Medieval Hebrew (Became Modern Hebrew); Babylonian †; Ashkenazi; Sephardi
Writing system: Proto-Canaanite / Proto-Sinaitic Script; Paleo-Hebrew alphabet; Hebrew alphabet; Samaritan alphabet
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