[Mesorah] At/Atah

[R Davidovich]

Just because Chazal midrashically identify the language of the Torah as the
language of Adam Harishon does not mean it is the historical origin language
of all other languages.  It's a case of apples and oranges.

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Michael Hamm <msh210 at math.wustl.edu>wrote:

> 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
> AM, Math, Wash. U. St. Louis
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