Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The use of the Yiqtol in Isaiah 1:21
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:19:35 -0400
Yitzhak,
The question if Hebrew was "spoken" or not is irrelevant. Hebrew
never ceased to be fully and thoroughly known to thousands, if not
hundred of thousands if not millions of men, and therefore like Latin
it never "died out".
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Apr 23, 2009, at 5:47 AM, Yitzhak Sapir wrote:
There is no evidence that Hebrew ceased to be a natively spoken
language, and there is evidence it continued to exist until no
earlier than the
2nd century CE
Re: [b-hebrew] Tense and aspect; was: "The use of "
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