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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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 ⓘ