Language: Hebrew was a "dead language" for 1,700 years — only lit…

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Did you know? Hebrew was a "dead language" for 1,700 years — only liturgical — until Eliezer Ben-Yehuda revived it as modern Hebrew in 1881; his son Ittamar Ben-Avi was the first person in 17 centuries to speak Hebrew as a native language.

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Hebrew was a "dead language" for 1,700 years — only liturgical — until Eliezer Ben-Yehuda revived it as modern Hebrew in 1881; his son Ittamar Ben-Avi was the first person in 17 centuries to speak Hebrew as a native language.

Hebreeuws was 1700 jaar een "dode taal" — alleen liturgisch — totdat Eliezer Ben-Yehuda het in 1881 als modern Hebreeuws revival'de; zijn zoon Ittamar Ben-Avi was de eerste persoon in 17 eeuwen die Hebreeuws als moedertaal sprak.

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