Biblical Hebrew

Observation · September 16, 2025
All Good Things Must Come to an End, but What Does That Have to Do with Summer?
By Philologos
Philologos says farewell.
Observation · April 4, 2023
How Many Egyptian Words Made It into Biblical Hebrew?
By Philologos
And does their presence illuminate the book of Exodus—or is it simply a sign that ancient Egypt was a powerful nation?
Observation · February 5, 2020
Are Biblical Hebrew and Modern Hebrew the Same Language, or Two Different Ones?
By Philologos
What separates language from language, and language from dialect.
Observation · July 12, 2019
What Are Those Floating Dots Doing in My Hebrew Bible?
By Philologos
Amid the familiar clutter of vowels and cantillation marks, a few strange dots appear. They have no obvious function, and yet they go back thousands of years. Their purpose is . . .