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Well it’s not Hebrew, the Hebrew alphabet is based on Aramaic in fact it’s essentially identical to “square” aka western Aramaic. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik
by dogma1138 6y ago
Well it’s not Hebrew, the Hebrew alphabet is based on Aramaic in fact it’s essentially identical to “square” aka western Aramaic. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Neo-Aramaic https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Neo-Aramaic
Before that proto/paleo-Hebrew used the same Canaanite scripts that were common in the region, the closest thing we have to that today is Samaritan.
- cwzwarich 6y agoEven in rabbinic Hebrew, the name for this script is כתב עברי (Hebrew writing), and the name for the script used today is כתב אשורית (Assyrian writing).
- marshmallow_12 6y agoi meant that Hebrew has several scripts.
- Perenti 6y agoPre-captivity Hebrew used the Phoenician alphabet, post exile the Chaldean (square) one.