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Hebrew, a West Semitic language, is the ancient and modern language of the Jewish people.

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Why are telling and counting related in many languages?

groups of such verbs: English "recount", French "conter" and "raconter", Italian "raccontare", Spanish and Portuguese "contar" German "erzählen" (a prefixed form of "zählen", to count), English "tell" Hebrew … Despite going back to the 8th century, these etymologies don't mention any interaction between the Germanic and Romance groups (let alone the Hebrew). …
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