What books of the bible are written in Hebrew?

Answer 1

A:Parts of the Books of Daniel and Ezra were originally written in Aramaic. Jeremiah 10:11 was a later insertion, surprisingly written in Aramaic. Individual words in Genesis and possibly Numbers and Job appear to be Aramaic in origin.

Answer 2

Hebrew and Aramaic are both West Semitic languages, developed from a common origin that included Phoenician and Canaanite among others. The Hebrew language is believed to have evolved from a Canaanite dialect in Jerusalem around the beginning of the ninth century BCE, although there is an intriguing possibility of its emergence further north an d slightly earlier. Aramaic was the language of the Aramaeans, whose principal city-state was Damascus. Aramaic is dated at least two hundred years later than Hebrew.

Hebrew was the language of the Hebrew people until the Babylonian Exile. When the Persians conquered Babylon, they adopted Aramaic as the lingua franca of their new empire, as Persian was difficult to learn, while Aramaic was already well-known through trade and was so similar to other languages in the western parts of the empire.

After the Alexandrian conquests, Aramaic was discarded and Greek adopted as the common language throughout the Near East. Only Judah held fast to use of Aramaic, possibly out of gratitude to the Persians, their one-time liberators.

Answer 3

Aramaic and Hebrew are quite close, but they do have many small differences. A major difference is the way in which they use the word "the." In Hebrew, "the" is a prefix ה (ha-) and in Aramaic "the" is a suffix א (-a).

There are numerous vowel differences as well, especially in the conjugation of verbs.

Certain patterns of letter substitution also appear. For example, Hebrew words that contain a ש (sh) are sometimes spelled with a ת (t) in Aramaic. Words that contain a ז (z) in Hebrew are sometimes spelled with a ד (d) in Aramaic.

Answer 4

There is no ancient Hebrew book written in Aramaic. All ancient Hebrew books are written in Hebrew. All ancient Aramaic books are written in Aramaic.

However, if you're talking about an ancient book written in Hebrew and then translated into Aramaic, you might be talking about the Torah.

Here is the original Hebrew Version

Here is the Aramaic translation.

Answer 5

All 24 Books of the Hebrew Bible are written in Hebrew, with the exception of a few passages in Daniel, Jeremiah, and Ezra, and a few words scattered in other books.

Answer 6

Just a few chapters in Ezra-Nehemiah and Daniel were written in Aramaic, because Aramaic was the dominant language at that time.

Answer 7

There are a few passages in Daniel, Jeremiah, and Ezra written in Aramaic, which is similar to Hebrew.

Answer 8

There is no ancient Hebrew book written in Aramaic. All ancient Hebrew books are written in Hebrew. All ancient Aramaic books are written in Aramaic.

Answer 9

There are only a few passages in Daniel, Jeremiah, and Ezra written in Aramaic, which is similar to Hebrew.