Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Darrell Smith <Darrell.H.Smith AT sceptreofjudah.org>]

From: George F Somsel <gfsomsel AT juno.com>

BTW:  "Me Tarzan, you Jane.  Ugh!"  No, I don't think Hebrew is an
artificial language.  If it were then other Semitic languages would need
to be as well.

DHS: Of course!  All the Semitic languages are from the same ancestoral 
language: proto-Hebrew. This language was still the language of Noah and his 
sons (Gen. 11:1). Read Gen chapter 10 and 11. The non-Semitic languages were 
introduced as mixed-up confusing hodge-podges in Gen 11:7-8. Proto-Hebrew was 
preserved in the righteous line but as time progressed and the different 
Semite groups strayed from righteousness their tongues drifted from Hebrew 
proper. Nevertheless, all Semitic languages are direct descendants of 
Proto-Hebrew!