Early Hebrew

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to the alphabetic script used for the writing of Hebrew mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries b.c.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Early Hebrew¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

There are no vowels; indeed, there were no vowels in the early Hebrew at all.

From Project Gutenberg

The editing of Ezra has burnished up the early Hebrew a little, but it is plain that he had not emerged from the stone age.

From Project Gutenberg