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The switching of the shin and sin in Hebrew and Arabic

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Spectator:

--- Quote from: rhayat1 on February 03, 2010, 11:53:56 AM ---
--- Quote from: Spectator on February 03, 2010, 11:49:16 AM ---
--- Quote from: rhayat1 on February 03, 2010, 11:26:06 AM ---I don't wonder about the similarities.  I wonder about the switching, specifically, between the shin and the sin.

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"Sh" is very rare in Arabic. It is almost always "sh" in Hebrew turns to "s" in Arabic, not vice versa. It is just hard for Arabs to say "sh".
In any case, neither similarities nor specific differences don't make Arabic or "proto-Semitic" Holy Language.

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Not so.  I assure you, Arabs have no difficulty pronouncing the Shin.

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They must have learned it from the Jews :) The bottom line is that Hebrew is the Holy Language, Arabic is not.

Boyana:
They must have learned it from the Jews  The bottom line is that Hebrew is the Holy Language, Arabic is not.




http://www.jewishmag.com/58mag/hebrew/hebrew.htm



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All words in Hebrew are related through the letters that are used in the word. This is because G-d Himself created the Hebrew language in order to create the world. Each letter is a separate power that when G-d spoke the letters that came together forming words, and via the words formed physical objects.

rhayat1:

--- Quote from: Boyana on February 04, 2010, 06:36:39 AM ---They must have learned it from the Jews  The bottom line is that Hebrew is the Holy Language, Arabic is not.

http://www.jewishmag.com/58mag/hebrew/hebrew.htm


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All words in Hebrew are related through the letters that are used in the word. This is because G-d Himself created the Hebrew language in order to create the world. Each letter is a separate power that when G-d spoke the letters that came together forming words, and via the words formed physical objects.

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Yes, I am aware that the Kabbalists associate Hebrew letters, words and phrases to higher powers.  This being the case, you'd expect those who subscribe to Kabbalistic ideas to be the most careful about maintaining the ancient Hebrew pronunciation.  After all, switching letters around, in prayer and Torah reading, certainly cannot have a good effect in the higher realms.  As a matter of fact, I've known some such people, who went to great pains, to correct their Hebrew - but they are very few.

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