Where does “לשון המקרא” come from?

לשון המקרא (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew לשון, from Proto-Semitic lišān-, from Proto-Afroasiatic lis- — tongue.

לשון המקרא (Hebrew): Biblical Hebrew, the archaic form of the Hebrew language spoken by the Israelites during the first millennium BCE, best attested in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)

Definitions

  1. Biblical Hebrew, the archaic form of the Hebrew language spoken by the Israelites during the first millennium BCE, best attested in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)

Ancestry of “לשון המקרא”, step by step

לשון המקרא traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew לשון

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewלשוןa tongue; a language
2Proto-Semiticlišān-tongue; language
3Proto-Afroasiaticlis-tongue

via Hebrew מקרא

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewמקראannouncement, declaration
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic lis- →Every word from Proto-Semitic lišān- →Every word from Hebrew לשון →