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A good book on this is Hebrew Thought Compared With Greek, by Thorlief Boman. Another point of variation between the languages is the Hebrew use of “block logic” as compared to the Greek usage of “step logic”; arguing from premises to a conclusion in steps, each step linked to the next in logical fashion (Marvin Wilson, Our Father Abraham—Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith). As one can easily see the Hebrew is a very colorful and poetic language. As with all these types of studies there is a lot to weed through to get to the grass.

Now to answer your question, while it does having a bearing on translation (i.e. God specifically choose this language), it must be weighed with all the other "tools" of proper exegesis to come to a correct translation.