Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet

Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet
Figure 2 The scattering of the descendants of Noah's three sons.
It is not until we come to Noah's grand-children that we
find names that are of a language other then Hebrew, such
as Nimrod 18 (Genesis 11.8), Sabteca 19 (Genesis 10.7) and
many others whose names have no meaning in Hebrew 20 ,
correlating in time with the confounding of the language
at the Tower of Babel.
It has long been a tradition within both Judaism and
Christianity that Hebrew is the mother of all languages 21 .
18 See Strong's #5248
19 See Strong's #5455
20 The construction of Hebrew words, including names, follows a set
of patterns. Words that do not follow these patterns are suspect of
being of foreign origin.
21 Will Smith, "Hebrew Language," Smith's Bible Dictionary, 1948
ed.: 238.
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