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> Hebrew was completely replaced with modern Hebrew and gets new changes constantly. Just to clarify further, modern Hebrew is mostly backwards compatible with
by edanm 7y ago
> Hebrew was completely replaced with modern Hebrew and gets new changes constantly.
Just to clarify further, modern Hebrew is mostly backwards compatible with biblical Hebrew, it's not an entirely new language. It was mostly updated in terms of vocabulary that was necessary for the modern era, plus some spelling/grammar changes.
Modern Hebrew speakers are able to read biblical Hebrew almost completely, though there are some differences (think of English speakers reading Shakespeare - though even less difference than that.)
- jsjohnst 7y agoSounds like Python 3 (Modern Hebrew) vs Python 2 (Biblical Hebrew), no? Anyone who can read Python 3 should barely struggle at all with Python 2. Anyone who can read Python 2 will see a few tweaks in the grammar / functionality (“vocabulary” in this analogy), but mostly straight forward.