Old Hebrew

Old Hebrew , also called Biblical Hebrew or Classical Hebrew, is an archaic form of Hebrew, a language in the Canaanitic branch of the Semitic languages that was spoken by the Israelites in the area known as the Land of Israel, roughly west of the Jordan River and east of the Mediterranean Sea.

The term ʿiḇrîṯ "Hebrew" was not used for the language in the Hebrew Bible, which referred to it as  śəp̄aṯ kənaʿan "language of Canaan" or  Yəhûḏîṯ, "Judean", but the term was used in Koine Greek and Mishnaic Hebrew texts.

Consonants

 colspan="2" rowspan="2" Bilabial Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Uvular rowspan="2" I Pharyngeal Glottal PlainLateral Stopvoiceless    voicedemphatic Fricatives voiceless     voicedApproximants/  Trill 

References

Category:Hebrew language