Mishnaic Hebrew

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Mishnaic Hebrew is the post-Biblical form of Hebrew used in the Mishnah and other early rabbinic texts, characterized by distinct vocabulary, grammar, and style compared to Biblical Hebrew.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mishnaic Hebrew canonical 44
Rabbinic Hebrew 2
Early Rabbinic Hebrew 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish language
historical language
variety of Hebrew
alternativeName Early Rabbinic Hebrew
linked to: Mishnaic Hebrew

Mishnaic Hebrew
Tannaitic Hebrew
linked to: Mishnaic Hebrew
chronologicalPosition between Biblical Hebrew and Medieval Hebrew
developedFrom Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
distinctFrom Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew

Medieval Hebrew
Modern Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
hasFeature analytic constructions more frequent than in Biblical Hebrew
changes in verbal system compared to Biblical Hebrew
distinct grammar compared to Biblical Hebrew
distinct style compared to Biblical Hebrew
distinct vocabulary compared to Biblical Hebrew
frequent use of periphrastic verb forms
increased use of loanwords from Aramaic
increased use of loanwords from Greek
more fixed word order than Biblical Hebrew
simplification of some case and gender distinctions
influenced Medieval Hebrew
Modern Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
influencedBy Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
ISO639-3Code hbo
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
Semitic languages
note often treated as a stage or register of Hebrew rather than a fully separate language
partOf Canaanite languages
Northwest Semitic languages
linked to: Northwest Semitic
primaryText Mishnah
Sifra
Sifre
linked to: Sifre Zuta

Tosefta
region Land of Israel
linked to: Eretz HaKodesh

Roman Palestine
status language of rabbinic scholarship
liturgical language
timePeriod approximately 1st to 3rd centuries CE
usedBy Tannaim
early rabbinic sages
usedIn Mishnah
Tosefta
early rabbinic literature
halakhic midrashim
writingSystem Hebrew alphabet

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Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mishnah Bikkurim language Mishnaic Hebrew
Seder Tohorot language Mishnaic Hebrew
Bekhorot language Mishnaic Hebrew
Meilah language Mishnaic Hebrew
Tamid language Mishnaic Hebrew
Middot language Mishnaic Hebrew
Talmud Yerushalmi language Mishnaic Hebrew
Rabbi Yohanan bar Nappaha language Mishnaic Hebrew
Resh Lakish language Mishnaic Hebrew
Rabbi Yaakov Emden languageOfWork Rabbinic Hebrew
linked to: Mishnaic Hebrew
Rabbi Meir languageOfWork Mishnaic Hebrew
Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah language Mishnaic Hebrew
Rabbi Tarfon language Mishnaic Hebrew
Hebrew letter Ayin usedIn Mishnaic Hebrew
subject linked to: HEBREW LETTER AYIN
Rabban Gamaliel II languageOfWork Mishnaic Hebrew
Aleph usedIn Mishnaic Hebrew
subject linked to: Hebrew letter Aleph
Eleazar ben Shammua language Mishnaic Hebrew
Mishnaic Hebrew alternativeName Mishnaic Hebrew
Mishnaic Hebrew alternativeName Tannaitic Hebrew
linked to: Mishnaic Hebrew
Mishnaic Hebrew alternativeName Early Rabbinic Hebrew
linked to: Mishnaic Hebrew
Mishnah tractate Terumot language Mishnaic Hebrew
Peah hasLanguage Mishnaic Hebrew
Demai language Mishnaic Hebrew
Sheviit language Mishnaic Hebrew
Orlah language Mishnaic Hebrew
Tractate Shabbat hasPrimaryLanguage Mishnaic Hebrew
Nedarim language Mishnaic Hebrew
Nazir language Mishnaic Hebrew
Kiddushin language Mishnaic Hebrew
Shevuot hasLanguage Mishnaic Hebrew
Avodah Zarah hasLanguage Mishnaic Hebrew
Horayot language Mishnaic Hebrew
Pirkei Avot language Mishnaic Hebrew
Six Orders of the Talmud language Mishnaic Hebrew
Bava Metzia language Mishnaic Hebrew
Keilim hasLanguage Mishnaic Hebrew
Negaim language Mishnaic Hebrew
Parah language Mishnaic Hebrew
Yadayim language Mishnaic Hebrew
Uktzin language Mishnaic Hebrew
Bava Batra language Mishnaic Hebrew
Ketubot hasLanguage Mishnaic Hebrew
subject linked to: Talmudic tractates Ketubot
שָׂשׂוֹן partOfLexicon Rabbinic Hebrew
linked to: Mishnaic Hebrew
Tractate Taanit language Mishnaic Hebrew
Moed Katan language Mishnaic Hebrew
subject linked to: Tractate Moed Katan
Tractate Chagigah language Mishnaic Hebrew
Mishnah Arakhin hasLanguage Mishnaic Hebrew