Words from Biblical Hebrew
3 words in Curio passed through Biblical Hebrew on their way into English.
About Biblical Hebrew
Canaanitic branch of the Semitic languages; an archaic form of Hebrew · an earlier stage of a language still spoken today
Where
The Land of Israel, roughly west of the Jordan River and east of the Mediterranean Sea
When
Speakers
No reliable count
No census of its speakers exists.
Family path
- Biblical Hebrew
- Ancient GreekAramaicKoine Greek
- English
Where it came from
Biblical Hebrew was spoken by the Israelites in the Land of Israel. Its early form, Paleo-Hebrew, is attested in inscriptions from about the 10th century BCE, when it was almost identical to Phoenician and other Canaanite languages. The Hebrew Bible itself called the language 'language of Canaan' or 'Judean', not 'Hebrew'.
Source: Wikipedia