Language Biblical Hebrew Afro-Asiatic (Northwest Semitic) · Hebrew alphabet Civilizations named in this language מִצְרַיִם Miṣrayim Egypt יָוָן Yāwān Greece פָּרַס Pāras Persia כִּתִּים Kittîm Rome שִׁנְעָר Šinʿār Sumer Geographic features named in this language יְאֹר Yeʾōr The Nile