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> adopted the Aramaic script even when they did write Hebrew Indeed, what we think of as the Hebrew alphabet is actually Aramaic (and Aramaic the language is n
by Koshkin 6y ago
> adopted the Aramaic script even when they did write Hebrew
Indeed, what we think of as the Hebrew alphabet is actually Aramaic (and Aramaic the language is now written using Syriac instead).
- rsj_hn 6y agoThere was an original Hebrew alphabet. The Aramaic script was adopted when Israel was conquered by the Persian Empire as all the empire used Aramaic. It's a good thing, though, the proto-Hebrew is much uglier (IMO) than the square script. But judge for yourself which glyphs you prefer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleo-Hebrew_alphabet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleo-Hebrew_alphabet