The French orientalist Guillaume Postel had also pointed out similarities between Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic in 1538, and Hiob Ludolf noted similarities also to Ge'ez and Amharic in 1701.
ðə fɹˈɛntʃ ˌoːɹɪˈɛntəlˌɪst ɡiːjˈoʊm pˈoʊstəl hæd ˈɔːlsoʊ pˈɔɪntᵻd ˈaʊt sˌɪmɪlˈæɹᵻɾiz bᵻtwˌiːn hˈiːbɹuː, ˈæɹɐbˌɪk, ænd ˌæɹɐmˈeɪɪk ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd fˈaɪvhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi ˈeɪt, ænd hɪˈɑːb lˈuːdɑːlf nˈoʊɾᵻd sˌɪmɪlˈæɹᵻɾiz ˈɔːlsoʊ tə dʒˈɛɛz ænd æmhˈæɹɪk ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd wˈʌn.