Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Trevor Peterson" <06peterson AT cua.edu>]

This is a difficult question to answer, partly because words from other
languages can come into a text by various means. Is a true loanword
considered an instance of a foreign language in a text, or does that
word now belong to the language in which it is found? Even the idea that
a proper noun is a foreign word has problems. I used to work in
Cheektowaga, NY. It's not a word that originates in English, but I have
no idea how accurately it represents the Native American term. Plus,
that's the only name by which any English speaker calls the town, so in
that respect, it's an English name. I would say all of these things are
different from what we see with Aramaic, where the language is fully
used to write significant portions of the biblical text.

Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics

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> Brandon M Cherry
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> Subject: [b-hebrew] Other languages in the Tanakh
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> I've read many books and articles that say the Tanakh is 
> written in Hebrew, with a few chapters in Aramaic. What other 
> languages have been recognized in the text? Has anyone 
> compiled a list of the non-Hebrew, non-Aramaic words and 
> phrases? I suppose most would be proper names.
> 
> Brandon Cherry
> TX, USA
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