Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Mark Spitsbergen <awakesd AT mac.com>]

> Yigal, I did not mean to imply that Aramaic was any less Semitic  
> than Hebrew only that there are differences in the spelling of the  
> same words between the two; your explanation is helpful. Also,  
> would you consider Arpachshad to be a Semitic name?

Thanks

Mark Spitsbergen


> In any case, there is nothing more "truly Semitic" in the Gen.  
> spellings or
> "more Aramaic" in the Chr. spellings, besides which of course  
> Aramaic is
> just as "Semitic" a language as Hebrew.
>
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Yigal Levin