I was so confused because one guy said God spoke in Hebrew and then another said that Hebrew wasn't created until the Tower of Babel incident and I just want to know the right answer. Thank you!
2007-11-28 07:30:25 · 15 answers · asked by Little Angel 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not Hebrew. The tower of Babel incident involved God confusing the tongues of man. Prior to this they apparently spoke in one language, which then diverged into the hundreds we have today. If the original language had been Hebrew then it would today merely exist as a fragment within other languages (It does to a certain extent, but the original language itself is still around, and so couldn't be the one God confused.).
In terms of what language he spoke in creation, if I believed the creation story, I would go with Mike P. His own heavenly language.
2007-11-28 07:35:11 · answer #1 · answered by Rafael 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the question is irrelevant. I don't see why it would matter what language God spoke the world into existence with, or why it would be a topic of debate. On the topic of the Tower of Babel, it is true that there was only one language until then (see Genesis 11). The Bible doesn't say what that language was. I think Tracy just made an excellent theological point on the meaning of the Word.
2007-11-28 15:37:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe that Hebrew is God's language and all other languages were created at the Tower of Babel. I think we will speak Hebrew in heaven. Ever heard a Jewish prayer spoken in Hebrew tongue? It is the purest, most beautiful sound I have ever heard!
2007-11-28 15:35:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hebrew is a man-made language...obviously it couldn't have existed before the Biblical story of creation, since there weren't any people around to speak it. The Bible doesn't say what language God spoke.
2007-11-28 15:36:12 · answer #4 · answered by Tut Uncommon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree I believe it was Hebrew, because God said He'd bring the Jews back and they would speak their original language and their national language today is Hebrew which was their old language.
2007-11-28 15:36:33 · answer #5 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suggest you do some research on the ancient proto languages from which our modern languages all branched out. Language is a HUMAN invention. It exists because we have vocal chords and figured out how to create orderly and meaningful expressions from "our" oldest guttural grunts and hoots and shrieks. An amorphous and incorporal God would have no need (and no apparatus) for speech as we know it. The available scientific research to truly answer your question; however, will conflict with your religious views of a literal moment of creation, I am afraid. In fact, to truly research your question and find the oldest language on the planet you will inevitably have to reckon with the issue of evolution and a time scale far in excess of what most Creationists accept. Good luck.
2007-11-28 15:40:02 · answer #6 · answered by Kate 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No oone will ever know, the language God used was not an earthly language any of humanity would be able to understand, because this was before humanity and before creation and no earthly language was invented yet.
2007-11-28 15:38:23 · answer #7 · answered by Isadora 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Language is man's creation; God has no need. The Word of creation was Jesus, and the Spirit of God moved on the waters: this is the first of many Biblical references to the Trinity.
2007-11-28 15:36:55 · answer #8 · answered by tracymoo 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It doesn't say in the Bible what language God speaks or spoke. So anyone who says they know is deluded. (I think He might sound like Billy Graham!)
2007-11-28 15:38:07 · answer #9 · answered by Gal from Yellow Flat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My opinion is he spoke in the heavenly language that he only spoke with the pre-babel people (Adam and so on.)
2007-11-28 15:35:52 · answer #10 · answered by Michael 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋