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How many words were in the Hebrew language when the bible was translated?
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∙ 6y ago
When the Hebrew Bible was first translated into Greek, Hebrew was still a spoken language and there is know way to know how many words existed at that time. The Hebrew Bible has about 8000 Hebrew words in it, but the spoken language at that time would have had many more than that.
Most spoken languages have between 40,000 and 140,000 words, depending on how you decide what a word is.
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∙ 13y agoWhen the Hebrew bible was first translated into Greek, Hebrew was still a spoken language and there is know way to know how many words existed at that time. The Hebrew Bible has about 8000 Hebrew words in it, but the spoken language at that time would have had many more than that.
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What Bible is translated word for word from the first Bible that was ever written in Greek and Hebrew?
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Why is William Tyndale important?
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How did the arrival of Christianity influence English language?
When Christianity was introduced, the English language changed. English got new words from Latin, Greek, and Hebrew Church spoke Latin. The New Testaments of The Bible were written in Greek and the Old Testaments were written in Hebrew.
How many words were in the Hebrew language in 1400 BCE?
There is no way to know. We have no knowledge of the number of words in Hebrew in ancient times, given that the Bible is our only source of information about the language, and it only contains about 8000 different words.In 1400 BCE, Hebrew was quite different than it was in the Torah. At that point in time, Hebrew, Canaanite, and Ugaritic were all the same language. Linguists refer to this era of Hebrew as Proto-Hebrew, and may not have been mutually intelligible with Biblical Hebrew.
What language is the Bible written in?
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