After the Talmud, various regional literary dialects of Medieval Hebrew evolved. The most important is Tiberian Hebrew or Masoretic Hebrew, a local dialect of Tiberias in Galilee that became the standard for vocalizing the Hebrew Bible and thus still influences all other regional dialects of Hebrew. This Tiberian Hebrew from the 7th to 10th century CE is sometimes called "Biblical Hebrew" because it is used to pronounce the Hebrew Bible; however, properly it should be distinguished from the historical Biblical Hebrew of the 6th century BCE, whose original pronunciation must be reconstructed. Tiberian Hebrew incorporates the scholarship of the Masoretes (from masoret meaning "tradition"), who added vowel points and grammar points to the Hebrew letters to preserve much earlier features of Hebrew, for use in chanting the Hebrew Bible. The Masoretes inherited a biblical text whose letters were considered too sacred to be altered, so their markings were in the form of pointing in and around the letters. The Syriac alphabet, precursor to the Arabic alphabet, also developed vowel pointing systems around this time. The Aleppo Codex, a Hebrew Bible with the Masoretic pointing, was written in the 10th century, likely in Tiberias, and survives into the present day. It is perhaps the most important Hebrew manuscript in existence.
after THe talmud, vaRIous regioNAL literARy dialeCts oF meDIEvAl hEbrEw eVolVeD. the mosT IMpOrtanT is TiBErIaN hebrew oR masoReTIC hebRew, a local DIalect Of tiberiaS iN galIlEe tHaT BEcAme tHE StaNdaRd foR VocAlIZing thE heBrew biBlE aNd Thus stIll iNflueNCes all other ReGIonal diAleCTs of hEbrew. thIs TIbeRiAn hebReW from the 7th to 10th CentUrY ce iS sOMetimeS CAllEd "biBlical HeBREw" bEcAUse IT Is used tO ProNOunce tHE heBRew Bible; HOwEvER, proPerly it should BE distInguIsHed from thE hIstOrIcAL biblicAl heBREw OF the 6tH century bcE, WHose orIGinAl pronUnciAtIon must be reConstRUCtEd. tIbeRian HebrEW inCorporatES The scHolarSHip of the masorEtES (fROM MASoreT meAnIng "TradItion"), Who Added vowEl pOints anD grammaR poinTs to tHe hebrEw lEtteRs to PreseRVe MuCh EaRLier FeaturES oF hebrew, fOr use in CHAntinG ThE HebREw bIbLe. THe masOrEtEs inheRIteD a bibLicAl tExT wHOSE leTters wERE considered too sacrED to be alTereD, so tHeiR mArkINgS Were IN the form of pointing in and arouNd THe Letters. tHe sYrIac alphabet, precursoR To thE aRabic aLphabet, alSo deVeloped voweL poinTinG systeMs arOunD thiS time. the alePpo cOdEx, a hEbREw Bible witH THe mAsoretic pOiNting, waS writTeN in thE 10tH cENTurY, likelY in tIbeRiAs, aNd suRviVeS INTo tHe PrEsenT dAy. It IS Perhaps the mosT ImportANt hebreW mAnuScRipt iN eXiStence.