Introduction to Hebrew family

Hebrew (Ivrit, pronounced [iv'ri:t]). This is the common language of Canaan. According to Genesis 10: 15- 18, "The son Sidon was born in Canaan, followed by Hittites, Jebusites, Amorites, Gazans, Hivites and Yakis ..." The language of these people living in Canaan is the ancestor of Israel who later set foot in Palestine, such as We are called Hebrews, so in Genesis 40: 15, Yue Se said, "I was really abducted from the land of Hebrews." Although the Israelites have not yet entered the land of Canaan. We can say that when Abraham moved from Mesopotamia to Canaan, the language of Canaan residents was never strange to them. After constant adaptation, improvement and development, the language of Canaan is called Hebrew.

Hebrew belongs to the Semitic language family of Asian-African language family (or Semitic language family) and is the religious language of Judaism. In the past 2500 years, "Hebrew" was mainly used to study the Bible and related religions. Ancient Hebrew is the ceremonial language of Samaritan. Since the 20th century, especially since the restoration of Israel, Hebrew, as a spoken language, has revived among Jews, gradually replacing Arabic, Jewish Spanish and Yiddish (or Yiddish, the international communication language used by Jews). After the founding of Israel, Hebrew was designated as one of the official languages, with a population of about 565,438+million in 2004. Modern Hebrew after the resurrection is mainly used by Jews, scholars who study Judaism and Israel, archaeologists and linguists who study the Middle East and its civilization, and theologians in Christian seminaries.