Shalom Salaam Peace
I was taken by how similar the word for “peace” is in Hebrew and Arabic, not just the sound of the words, but the very letter shapes themselves.
I was taken by how similar the word for “peace” is in Hebrew and Arabic, not just the sound of the words, but the very letter shapes themselves.
It makes perfect sense, historically. They’re both semitic languages, and are both using an Aramaic-derived alphabet.
It’s actually really awesome to read about this stuff: http://www.ancientscripts.com/alphabet.html (excuse his early-nineties web aesthetic…) It never fails to astound me just how young writing is as a technology, yet how it spread like wildfire.
*pushes glasses back up nose*