> more schizo stormfaggot cope ancient hebrew is the earliest recorded version of the hebrew language, spoken by the jewish people at least as early as the conquest of canaan. it was spoken in the iron age kingdoms of israel and judah from about 1200 to 586 bce.  here are some characteristics of ancient hebrew:  syntax: the order of words in a clause was typically verb + subject + object.  vocabulary: the language lacked words for many modern concepts, such as "newspaper" and "car".  alphabet: the paleo-hebrew alphabet was a variant of the phoenician alphabet. the samaritans continued to use the paleo-hebrew alphabet to write hebrew and aramaic texts until the present day.  ancient hebrew varieties include:   biblical hebrew: includes the use of tiberian vocalization  mishnaic hebrew: a form of the hebrew language that is found in the talmud  paleo-hebrew: such as the siloam inscription  hebrew was extinct as a colloquial language by late antiquity, but it remained important for jewish religious traditions and scholarship. it was revived as a spoken language in the late 19th century during the jewish national revival. today, hebrew is used by millions of people around the world.
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