Hebrew Language and Alphabet

The Hebrew language belongs to the northwestern branch of the Semitic languages, along with Aramaic, Phoenician and Ugaritic. Initially, it was called the “Canaanite language” (Isaiah the Prophet – 8th century BC, chapters 19, 18), while the name “Hebrew” has only been encountered since the 2nd century BC. (Sirah 1:20). On this occasion, we discussed…