Literary and liturgical language that existed between the 4th and 18th century
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Medieval Hebrew
עִבְרִיתIvrit
Excerpt from 13th–14th-century manuscript of the Hebrew translation of The Guide for the Perplexed
Region
Jewish diaspora
Era
Academic language used from the death of Hebrew as a spoken language in the 4th century until its revival as a spoken language in the 19th century. Developed into Modern Hebrew by the 19th century
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrew
Medieval Hebrew
Early forms
Biblical Hebrew
Mishnaic Hebrew
Writing system
Hebrew alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3
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Glottolog
None
Kochangadi Synagogue in Cochin, India dated to 1344.
Medieval Hebrew was a literary and liturgical language that existed between the 4th and 19th century. It was not commonly used as a spoken language, but mainly in written form by rabbis, scholars and poets. Medieval Hebrew had many features that distinguished it from older forms of Hebrew. These affected grammar, syntax, sentence structure, and also included a wide variety of new lexical items, which were either based on older forms or borrowed from other languages, especially Aramaic, Greek and Latin.[1]
^Encarta-encyclopedie Winkler Prins (1993–2002) s.v. "Hebreeuwse taal. §1. Oud-Hebreeuws en Midden-Hebreeuws". Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum.
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