Arabic and Hebrew: Why Semitic Languages Are Not Difficult

Semitic people The term Semitic people or Semitic cultures was a term for people or cultures who speak or spoke the Semitic languages.The terminology was first used in the 1770s by members of the Göttingen School of History, who derived the name from Shem, one of the three sons of Noah in the Book of Genesis.The term, together with the parallel terms Hamitic and Japhetic, is now obsolete.Various scholars have stated that the concept of Semitic ethnicity, culture or Proto-Semites should be avoide

The First Semites ~~~ Semitic peoples split into Eastern and Western branches, with the Canaanites of Palestine and Lebanon later dividing into Phoenicians and Jews. Their languages—Phoenician, Hebrew, and Arabic—remain shockingly similar, like Dutch to German. ~~~ From: Palestine Part 1 – From Ancient Roots to 1948 | Office Hours -- https://youtu.be/U9mLrMSmTKI ~~~ #casagrandaexplains #SemiticHistory #MiddleEast #palestine | Roy Casagranda