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Samson and Delilah
What language did Samson and Delilah speak in reality? The characters from the bible. And if they spoke different native languages, which did they communicate in? Thank you. =]
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It was so long ago, there isn't even hard evidence that Samson and Delilah were real people, let alone details on their personal interactions. The Book of Judges is the only document I've ever heard of that records their story. There is no other source to look at for more details.
Samson was an Israelite, and he likely spoke an early form of Hebrew. The earliest forms are written Hebrew have been found and dated back to a few hundreds years around when the time when biblical scholars believe Samson lived. Delilah was a Philistine, but that is simply a Hebrew word that means 'invaders', so it's probably not what her people called themselves. Their language is lost and no one is really certain what it was to begin with. They might have spoken a variation on Greek, or a Canaanite language, and they almost certainly would have known some Hebrew. There was almost perpetual war between the Israelites and the Philistines. You don't fight and hate another group that hard for that long without picking up some of their language.
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Well they were married/a couple, so they had to have communicated somehow.
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I tried reading it all, but I got bored. XD
Maybe those pages will help?
If not, I'm sorry.
--Jack
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