what can you tell me about Hebrew?

Question

from my occult studies I have gotten the impression that Hebrew was a very well thought out language and that much of it is closely locked to faith. if that makes any sense.

Answer 1

It's true that Hebrew is one of the only languages used solely by a religious (cultural) population. I say cultural in parentheses because many Jews today speak Hebrew but only consider themselves Jews culturally, not religiously. I'm sure it's a well thought-out language.

What else do you want to know?

Answer 2

There are actually three forms of Hebrew. Biblical Hebrew is the Hebrew used to write the Bible in. Some differences from other Hebrew include the fact that some letters (like the ayin) made a sound in Biblical Hebrew but are silent today. Rabbinical Hebrew was spoken and used only in religion, as Hebrew was dying out. Hebrew eventually died out as a spoken language and was used only for religion, if that: Yiddish and Ladino were used mainly. It wasn't until Eliezer ben-Yehuda (today known as the father of modern Hebrew) pretty much dug it up and started reviving it. Today it is one of three national languages of Israel (The others are English and Arabic.) Today, almost every major city in Israel has a Ben-Yehuda street.

Hebrew is completely phonetic (every word is spelled exactly how it sounds) and very balanced. I say balanced because every word is either masculine or feminine, and any adjective that accompanies that word morphs to fit the gender of the word. The adjectives also come after the noun, unlike in English where they come first. (the endings -et and -ah usually indicate a feminine word, not counting irregulars) For instance, if you were to say "A pretty picture" (picture=tmoona and pretty =yaf-eh) You would change the word "yaf-eh" to "yaf-ah" to fit the ending of tmoonah. So, "a pretty picture" is "tmoona yafa" in Hebrew.

RE:closely locked to faith. That is true! Some Chassidic rabbis practice gematriya in their teachings. Gematriya is adding the numbers of the words together to make other words. Every letter in Hebrew is also a number. You can find some good examples in the book "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok.

I hope this is enough information. You can learn some Hebrew words and pronunciations at http://www.learn-hebrew.co.il/

Answer 3

most hebrew names come from Jehovah their God
Elijah means my God is Jehovah
Zephaniah means Jehovah has concealed and so on
so Jehovah God spoke hebrew to his servants on earth