<answer>Hebrew</answer> is the liturgical language of Judaism (termed lashon ha-kodesh, "the holy tongue"), the language in which most of the <answer>Hebrew</answer> scriptures (Tanakh) were composed, and the daily speech of the Jewish people for centuries. By the 5th century BCE, Aramaic, a closely related tongue, joined <answer>Hebrew</answer> as the spoken language in Judea. By the 3rd century BCE, some Jews of the diaspora were speaking Greek. Others, such as in the Jewish communities of Babylonia, were speaking <answer>Hebrew</answer> and Aramaic, the languages of the Babylonian Talmud. These languages were also used by the Jews of Israel at that time.[citation needed]
What is also termed lason ha-kodesh, "the holy tongue?"
Hebrew