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Hebrew
[ hee-broo ]
noun
- a member of the Semitic peoples inhabiting ancient Palestine and claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; an Israelite.
- a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic family, the language of the ancient Hebrews, which, although not in a vernacular use from 100 b.c. to the 20th century, was retained as the scholarly and liturgical language of Jews and is now the national language of Israel. : Heb
Hebrew
/ ˈhiːbruː /
noun
- the ancient language of the Hebrews, revived as the official language of Israel. It belongs to the Canaanitic branch of the Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages
- a member of an ancient Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham; an Israelite
- archaic.a Jew
adjective
- of or relating to the Hebrews or their language
- archaic.Jewish
Hebrew
- The language of the Hebrews , in which the Old Testament was written. It is the language of the modern state of Israel .
Other Words From
- non-Hebrew noun adjective
- pre-Hebrew adjective noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of Hebrew1
Word History and Origins
Origin of Hebrew1
Example Sentences
These rebel women had Polish, Hebrew, and Yiddish names, as well as nicknames.
That’s because the wide-eyed man with a gentle grin that refuses to leave his face had decided to “make an aliyah” — the Hebrew word for “elevation” or “going up” — by moving his family to Israel four years ago on the basis of their Jewish origin.
Her husband David, 70, is executive director of Kavod v’Nichum, Hebrew for honor and comfort, a national organization that promotes traditional Jewish funeral practices.
Presented in Hebrew with English subtitles, Losing Alice comes to Apple’s streaming service from Israel—and is thus the kind of title that, as recently as a decade ago, struggled to find a home on stateside television.
That’s why Every Life Is On Fire daringly brings ideas from the Hebrew Scriptures and uses them to unpack the science.
So why did the God of the Hebrew people choose such a scandalous setting for becoming human?
They were conducted entirely in Hebrew, a language the U.S. native does not speak, although he was provided a translator.
The name Easter may, or may not, be derived from the Sumerian goddess Inanna, or Ishtar—the source of the Hebrew name Esther.
Then just 8-years-old he saw writing on a deli Billboard that was in Hebrew.
But he insist his character, Petel (Hebrew for raspberry) has a universal appeal.
He was converted and baptized, and was the first Hebrew instructor at Harvard college.
The verb (—) in the Hebrew, when connected with the name of God in different other passages, has the same import.
The Greek word has become blended with the Hebrew phrase, and the compound used as a formula of execration.
In the Hebrew the Beautiful place is expressed by the word Sapir, which some take for the proper name of a city.
We owe it neither to the Syriac tongue nor to the Hebrew, a jargon of the Syriac, in which adultery is called niuph.
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