[Avodah] Ivrit and Leshon Hakodesh

Michael Kopinsky mkopinsky at gmail.com
Tue Feb 27 10:36:22 PST 2007


On 2/27/07, Galsaba at aol.com <Galsaba at aol.com> wrote:
> I posted already re the terms Ashurit, Ivrit, and Leshon Hakodesh.
> Reading the Gemara, Ivrit is not Leshon Hakodesh, Ashurit is.
> Although in a few places in the Gemara (Senhadrin 21), Ashurit is the Ketav
> (wrting) and
> Leshon Hakodesh is the Dibbur, my impression reading in other places that
> Ashurit can be both
> Ketav and Dibbur.
Can you provide some examples of where Ashurit refers to the language and
not to the script?  Without any proofs, my natural association of the word
Ashurit
is specifically to a Ksav.



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