Samaritan Hebrew

E467833
Canaanite language Hebrew language variety Northwest Semitic language literary language liturgical language

Samaritan Hebrew is the liturgical and literary language of the Samaritan community, preserving an ancient form of Hebrew distinct from both Biblical and Modern Hebrew.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Samaritan Hebrew canonical 6

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canaanite language ⓘ
Hebrew language variety ⓘ
Northwest Semitic language ⓘ
literary language ⓘ
liturgical language ⓘ
associatedReligion Samaritanism NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedText Samaritan Pentateuch NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samaritan liturgical poetry ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Biblical Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
coexistsWith Modern Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palestinian Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samaritan Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
State of Palestine ⓘ
developedFrom Biblical Hebrew dialects ⓘ
ancient Hebrew ⓘ
distinctFrom Biblical Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
Modern Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature distinct pronunciation of guttural consonants ⓘ
distinct vowel system from Tiberian Hebrew ⓘ
influence from Aramaic vocabulary ⓘ
lexical archaisms ⓘ
morphological archaisms ⓘ
historicalPeriod Second Temple period NERFINISHED ⓘ
ISOStatus has no separate ISO 639-3 code (treated under Hebrew) ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfNativeSpeakers 0 ⓘ
orthographyType consonantal writing ⓘ
phonologyInfluencedBy Samaritan Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUse Torah reading ⓘ
liturgical use ⓘ
piyyutim ⓘ
prayers ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
region Holon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mount Gerizim NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nablus NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptOrigin Paleo-Hebrew script ⓘ
scriptType abjad ⓘ
status liturgical language ⓘ
non-vernacular language ⓘ
subfamily Canaanite languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAs chanting language ⓘ
reading language ⓘ
usedBy Samaritan community ⓘ
Samaritans NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInRitual Passover sacrifice on Mount Gerizim ⓘ
writingSystem Samaritan script NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Gerizim area → languageCommunities → Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ
Samaritan script → usedForLanguage → Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ
Samaritans → language → Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ
Samaritans → scripturalLanguage → Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ
Samaritans of Shechem → languageTradition → Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ
Samaritans of Shechem → liturgicalLanguage → Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ