 Hebrew language in 1G11 had been a dead language for more than two thousand years, and though these men (the forty-seven translators aforesaid) were renowned for their piety and learning, yet very few, if any of them, were competent to so important a...  Hebrew Grammar with a Copious Syntax and a Praxis - Page 3by Moses Stuart - 1821 - 386 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Moses Stuart - Hebrew language - 1823 - 446 pages
...statement made above, that a knowledge of the kindred dialects of the Hebrew is very important, for the illustration of that language. Who can, even now,...that did not understand the languages with which it is closely connected ? The answer to this question will decide whether the study of the languages,... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Education - Education - 1852 - 1004 pages
...coincidence, for instance, was found between this ancient language, at the foot of the Himmalayas, which had been a dead • language for more than two thousand years, and the Latin of western Europe. This coincidence included not only a vast number of words, meaning the... | |
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...with reference to the same question, (45) in the following words: " Now the Hebrew language in 1611 had been a dead language for more than two thousand years, and though these men (the forty-seven translators aforesaid) were renowned for their piety and learning,... | |
 | Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - Bible - 1868 - 676 pages
...coincidence, for instance, was found between this ancient language at the foot of the Himmalayas, which had been a dead language for more than two thousand years, and the languages of western Europe. More surprising still, this language was found even more like to the... | |
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