What language is closest to Hebrew?
Arabic
Hebrew is very close to Arabic – they are both Semitic languages. Although they have different scripts, they have parallel grammar systems and often similar words; for example, shalom in Hebrew is salam in Arabic (meaning both peace and hello).
What language is Tamil related to?
Dravidian language
The Tamil-Kannada languages belong to the southern branch of the Dravidian language family. Tamil is most closely related to Malayalam, spoken in the Indian state of Kerala which borders Tamil Nadu, which linguists estimate separated from Tamil between the 8th and 10th centuries.
Is Sanskrit close to Hebrew?
Yes. Modern Hebrew came from ancient Hebrew which was traced to Sanskrit. Hebrew alphabet is in correct order but you must reattach vowels to translate back to Sanskrit.
Is there Bible in Sanskrit?
Even though there were some revisions to the text, the Sanskrit Bible remains as a purely academic endeavour and is no longer in active circulation.
Is there any similarities between Tamil and Hebrew?
No. Hebrew is a Semitic language while Tamil is Dravidian. They have different word order, morphology, genders and vocabulary. Pretty much the only similarity is that both are languages with a very long literary tradition.
Is there any language other than Aramaic in Tamil?
No, there isn’t. Aramaic is a Semitic language, related to Hebrew and Arabic, and Tamil is a Dravidian language, related to Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada. Get around town and save on gas. Your own personal scooter is an excellent way to travel around town.
Where did the Tamil words in the Bible come from?
By the mid-nineteenth century, Christian missionaries trained in Biblical Hebrew noticed that there were words of Indian origin in the Bible, including from the Tamil language. Some of the loan words were borrowed directly from Tamil or Old Tamil into Biblical Hebrew.
What is the importance of Tamil loanwords in the Hebrew language?
Linguistically, the importance of Tamil loanwords in Hebrew is that it is the earliest attestation of Tamil language and an early attestation in the Dravidian languages. This was before Tamil (using the Tamil Brahmi script and dated variously from 600 BCE to 200 BCE), was widely written down.