Who was the first person to speak Hebrew?

Answer 1

Its one of the following:

Paul, Matthew, Abraham, Or Moses

Answer:The first person who is documented as having written Israelite history is Moses, who wrote the Torah (Deuteronomy 31:24) at God's dictation (Exodus 24:12). Our tradition (according to Maimonides) is that Abraham composed books, but we don't have details as to whether they contained historical narrative.

Answer 2

The people who became the Israelites were speaking Hebrew long before they became the Israelites.

Our tradition states that Hebrew was the language with which God created the world (Rashi commentary, Genesis 2:23, quoting the midrash); and it is the language in which He spoke on Mount Sinai.
Since it was considered a holy language and was used for prayer and the teaching of religious tradition, it was not spoken in mundane contexts and wasn't taught to just anyone. It was handed down from individual teachers to disciples as part of the original tradition. Thus, certain Hebrew Psalms (92 and 139) and teachings are attributed to Adam, the first man. The wider public, most of whom descended relatively quickly into idolatry and sin, were not given access to the treasures of the original tradition, since by their actions they implicitly repudiated it.
The knowledge of Hebrew eventually declined (see Genesis ch.11) and was preserved only among the Western Semites, the ancestors and cousins of Abraham. Eber, from whom our word "Hebrew" (Ivrit) is named, was a Semitic descendant of Noah and ancestor of Abraham. He was one of the major transmitters of the original traditions. He is credited with having broadened the Hebrew language, and some Hebrew grammatical constructs are attributed to him by certain Jewish researchers.

Scholars say that the earliest forms of the Hebrew language evolved out of the Canaanite language around the tenth century BCE, and in fact there is occasional debate as to whether a very early inscription is Hebrew or Canaanite. There is no evidence of Egyptian influence in the language of the early Hebrews, as might be expected after a period of over four centuries in Egypt.

Keel and Uehlinger (Gods, Goddesses and Images of God in Ancient Israel) say the Israelite language was closer to Phoenician (both of which they refer to as major Canaanite 'dialects') than to the Judahite language, which was a 'peripheral', conservative dialect of Canaanite, comparable to Ammonite and Moabite. Artefacts discovered in marginal territory can be sometimes distinguished as Israelite or Judahite (or Phoenician) based on the dialect in the text.

The Canaanite derivation may seem surprising, given the biblical enmity between the Israelites and the Canaanites, but the strong consensus of scholars and historians is that the Hebrews were actually rural Canaanites who migrated peacefully away from the region of the rich coastal cities into the hitherto sparsely populated hinterland. Thus the Hebrew culture, language and even religion evolved from Canaanite origins. The legend of a military conquest under Joshua is a much later development.

The people who became the Israelites were speaking Hebrew long before they became the Israelites.

Answer 3

Our tradition states that Hebrew was the language with which God created the world (Rashi commentary, Genesis 2:23, quoting the midrash); and it is the language in which He spoke on Mount Sinai.
Since it was considered a holy language and was used for prayer and the teaching of religious tradition, it was not spoken in mundane contexts and wasn't taught to just anyone. It was handed down from individual teachers to disciples as part of the original tradition. Thus, certain Hebrew Psalms (92 and 139) and teachings are attributed to Adam, the first man. The wider public, most of whom descended relatively quickly into idolatry and sin, were not given access to the treasures of the original tradition, since by their actions they implicitly repudiated it.
The knowledge of Hebrew eventually declined (see Genesis ch.11) and was preserved only among the Western Semites, the ancestors and cousins of Abraham. Eber, from whom our word "Hebrew" (Ivrit) is named, was a Semitic descendant of Noah and ancestor of Abraham. He was one of the major transmitters of the original traditions. He is credited with having broadened the Hebrew language, and some Hebrew grammatical constructs are attributed to him by certain Jewish researchers.

Answer 4

Scholars say that the earliest forms of the Hebrew language evolved out of the Canaanite language around the tenth century BCE, and in fact there is occasional debate as to whether a very early inscription is Hebrew or Canaanite. There is no evidence of Egyptian influence in the language of the early Hebrews, as might be expected after a period of over four centuries in Egypt.

Keel and Uehlinger (Gods, Goddesses and Images of God in Ancient Israel) say the Israelite language was closer to Phoenician (both of which they refer to as major Canaanite 'dialects') than to the Judahite language, which was a 'peripheral', conservative dialect of Canaanite, comparable to Ammonite and Moabite. Artefacts discovered in marginal territory can be sometimes distinguished as Israelite or Judahite (or Phoenician) based on the dialect in the text.

The Canaanite derivation may seem surprising, given the biblical enmity between the Israelites and the Canaanites, but the strong consensus of scholars and historians is that the Hebrews were actually rural Canaanites who migrated peacefully away from the region of the rich coastal cities into the hitherto sparsely populated hinterland. Thus the Hebrew culture, language and even religion evolved from Canaanite origins. The legend of a military conquest under Joshua is a much later development.

Answer 5

Nobody knows. Nobody knows who the first speaker of any language was.

Some scholars believe Hebrew has been a spoken language for thousands of years, even prior to the time of the Torah.

Answer 6

Even from a modern linguistic point of view, the ancient Israelites were speaking Hebrew long before the Torah was written down.

The Hebrew spoken prior to the 10th Century BCE is known today as Proto-Hebrew, and it wasn't distinct from ancient Ugaritic or ancient Canaanite.

The Northwest Semitic languages, including Hebrew, differentiated noticeably during the Iron Age (1200–540 BCE). Prior to 1200 BCE it could still referred to as Hebrew, particularly when referenced as the dialects of the Jewish ancestors, though it's not known how it differed from the Archaic Biblical Hebrew of the Torah.

Answer 7

According to tradition, Adam, the first man, spoke Hebrew, at least for religious purposes such as prayer.

Answer 8

The people who became the Israelites were speaking Hebrew long before they became the Israelites.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Hebrew