[Mesorah] At/Atah

[Michael Hamm]

On Sun, 24 Aug 2008, R' Hayyim Obadyah wrote, in part:
> the Proto-Semitic was probably 'anta/'anti (masc/fem).
> In Hebrew (and other North-East and North-West Semitic
> languages), the nun assimilated to the taw.

That's nice from a linguist's point of view, but I thought we hold that 
Hebrew was spoken before any other language?  See Rashi, B'reshis 2:23.

Michael Hamm
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