Mishnaic Hebrew

E845803

Jewish language historical language variety of Hebrew

Mishnaic Hebrew is the post-Biblical form of Hebrew used in the Mishnah and other early rabbinic texts, characterized by distinct vocabulary, grammar, and style compared to Biblical Hebrew.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mishnaic Hebrew canonical	15
Rabbinic Hebrew	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish language ⓘ historical language ⓘ variety of Hebrew ⓘ
alternativeName	Early Rabbinic Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ Mishnaic Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ Tannaitic Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicalPosition	between Biblical Hebrew and Medieval Hebrew ⓘ
developedFrom	Biblical Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
distinctFrom	Biblical Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ Medieval Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ Modern Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	analytic constructions more frequent than in Biblical Hebrew ⓘ changes in verbal system compared to Biblical Hebrew ⓘ distinct grammar compared to Biblical Hebrew ⓘ distinct style compared to Biblical Hebrew ⓘ distinct vocabulary compared to Biblical Hebrew ⓘ frequent use of periphrastic verb forms ⓘ increased use of loanwords from Aramaic ⓘ increased use of loanwords from Greek ⓘ more fixed word order than Biblical Hebrew ⓘ simplification of some case and gender distinctions ⓘ
influenced	Medieval Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ Modern Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Jewish Palestinian Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	hbo ⓘ
languageFamily	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ Semitic languages ⓘ
note	often treated as a stage or register of Hebrew rather than a fully separate language ⓘ
partOf	Canaanite languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryText	Mishnah NERFINISHED ⓘ Sifra NERFINISHED ⓘ Sifre NERFINISHED ⓘ Tosefta NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Land of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	language of rabbinic scholarship ⓘ liturgical language ⓘ
timePeriod	approximately 1st to 3rd centuries CE ⓘ
usedBy	Tannaim NERFINISHED ⓘ early rabbinic sages ⓘ
usedIn	Mishnah NERFINISHED ⓘ Tosefta NERFINISHED ⓘ early rabbinic literature ⓘ halakhic midrashim ⓘ
writingSystem	Hebrew alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Mishnah Bikkurim → language → Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ

Seder Tohorot → language → Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ

Bekhorot → language → Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ

Meilah → language → Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ

Tamid → language → Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ

Middot → language → Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ

Talmud Yerushalmi → language → Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ

Rabbi Yohanan bar Nappaha → language → Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ

Resh Lakish → language → Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ

Rabbi Yaakov Emden → languageOfWork → Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rabbinic Hebrew

Rabbi Meir → languageOfWork → Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ

Rabbi Eliezer ben Shammua → languageOfSources → Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ

Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah → language → Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ

Rabbi Tarfon → language → Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ

HEBREW LETTER AYIN → usedIn → Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ

subject surface form: Hebrew letter Ayin

Rabban Gamaliel II → languageOfWork → Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ