Epigraphic Hebrew

E734424

Northwest Semitic language ancient language variety historical language stage

Epigraphic Hebrew is an ancient Northwest Semitic language variety known from early Hebrew inscriptions and texts written in the Paleo-Hebrew script.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Epigraphic Hebrew canonical	1
Paleo-Hebrew script	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Northwest Semitic language ⓘ ancient language variety ⓘ historical language stage ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Ammonite language NERFINISHED ⓘ Edomite language NERFINISHED ⓘ Moabite language NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenician language NERFINISHED ⓘ
distinguishedBy	consonantal writing system ⓘ lack of vowel letters in early stages ⓘ
documentedIn	Arad ostraca NERFINISHED ⓘ Gezer Calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ Ketef Hinnom inscriptions NERFINISHED ⓘ Kh. Qeiyafa ostracon NERFINISHED ⓘ Lachish letters NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaria ostraca NERFINISHED ⓘ Siloam Inscription NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	Canaanite shift (ā > ō) ⓘ construct state for noun phrases ⓘ definite article ha- ⓘ three-consonant Semitic roots ⓘ use of matres lectionis in later stages ⓘ waw-consecutive verbal construction ⓘ
influenced	orthography of Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
ISOStatus	not assigned separate ISO 639 code ⓘ
languageFamily	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedes	Biblical Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptDirection	right-to-left ⓘ
status	extinct ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline	biblical studies ⓘ epigraphy ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf	Canaanite language NERFINISHED ⓘ Hebrew language NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	1st millennium BCE ⓘ Iron Age Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	administrative texts ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ ostraca ⓘ religious texts ⓘ royal inscriptions ⓘ seals ⓘ
usedIn	ancient Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Kingdom of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Levant ⓘ
writingSystem	Paleo-Hebrew script ⓘ Phoenician-derived alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Canaanite languages → hasPart → Epigraphic Hebrew ⓘ

Edomite language → writingSystem → Epigraphic Hebrew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paleo-Hebrew script