Samaritan Hebrew

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Samaritan Hebrew is the liturgical and literary language of the Samaritan community, preserving an ancient form of Hebrew distinct from both Biblical and Modern Hebrew.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Samaritan Hebrew canonical 12
Samaritan Hebrew (liturgical) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canaanite language ⓘ
Hebrew language variety ⓘ
Northwest Semitic language ⓘ
literary language ⓘ
liturgical language ⓘ
associatedReligion Samaritanism ⓘ
associatedText Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ
Samaritan liturgical poetry ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
coexistsWith Modern Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew

Palestinian Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Levantine Arabic

Samaritan Aramaic ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
State of Palestine ⓘ
developedFrom Biblical Hebrew dialects ⓘ
ancient Hebrew ⓘ
distinctFrom Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew

Modern Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
hasFeature distinct pronunciation of guttural consonants ⓘ
distinct vowel system from Tiberian Hebrew ⓘ
influence from Aramaic vocabulary ⓘ
lexical archaisms ⓘ
morphological archaisms ⓘ
historicalPeriod Second Temple period ⓘ
ISOStatus has no separate ISO 639-3 code (treated under Hebrew) ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Semitic languages ⓘ
numberOfNativeSpeakers 0 ⓘ
orthographyType consonantal writing ⓘ
phonologyInfluencedBy Samaritan Aramaic ⓘ
primaryUse Torah reading ⓘ
liturgical use ⓘ
piyyutim ⓘ
prayers ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
region Holon ⓘ
Mount Gerizim ⓘ
linked to: Mount Gerizim area

Nablus ⓘ
scriptOrigin Paleo-Hebrew script ⓘ
scriptType abjad ⓘ
status liturgical language ⓘ
non-vernacular language ⓘ
subfamily Canaanite languages ⓘ
Northwest Semitic languages ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Semitic
usedAs chanting language ⓘ
reading language ⓘ
usedBy Samaritan community ⓘ
Samaritans ⓘ
usedInRitual Passover sacrifice on Mount Gerizim ⓘ
writingSystem Samaritan script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Samaritanism → languageUsedInLiturgy → Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ
Mount Gerizim area → languageCommunities → Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ
Samaritan script → usedForLanguage → Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ
Samaritans → language → Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ
Samaritans → scripturalLanguage → Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ
Samaritans of Shechem → languageTradition → Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ
Samaritans of Shechem → liturgicalLanguage → Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ
Kiryat Luza → languageUsed → Samaritan Hebrew (liturgical) ⓘ
linked to: Samaritan Hebrew
Samaritan Pentateuch → language → Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ
Samaritan liturgy → language → Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ
Samaritan Aramaic → influencedBy → Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ
Samaritan calendar → language → Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ
Shamerim → scripturalLanguage → Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ