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During what period of time was Hebrew not a spoken language and why?
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∙ 6y ago
Hebrew wasn't spoken after about 150 BCE to about 1885. It died out because Aramaic replaced it. But the Jews never stopped using it for prayers and study.
It was resurrected by a man named Eliezer ben-Yehuda in the 1880s, out of a sense of national pride. It is the only language in the history of humanity that is known to have died out then then revived 2000 years later.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 6y agoHebrew wasn't spoken by native speakers at all after about 150 BCE to about 1885. It died out as a native language because Aramaic replaced it. But the Jews never stopped using it for prayers and study.
It was resurrected by a man named Eliezer ben-Yehuda in the 1880s, out of a sense of national pride. It is the only language in the history of humanity that is known to have died out then then revived 2000 years later.
Note again that it was never abandoned or lost. Hebrew was in constant use the entire time for Jewish religious purposes.
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