noun
Other Word Forms
- Hebraistic adjective
- Hebraistically adverb
Etymology
Origin of Hebraist
First recorded in 1745–55; Hebra(ize) + -ist
Example Sentences
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Such is the translation in our version, a sense which can in no way be extorted from the words of the text, as every Hebraist must be well aware.
From An Amicable Controversy with a Jewish Rabbi, on The Messiah's Coming by Park, J. R. (John Ranicar)
Carlyle is a Hebraist unrelieved and unretrieved by the Hellene.
From Thomas Carlyle by Nichol, John
The greater part of them seems to have been written by Ulrich von Hutten, and are addressed to Ortuin Gratius, a professor of the University of Cologne, who had attacked Reuchlin, a celebrated Hebraist.
From History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan
After which the Hebraist friend of course had turned his back on the offender, and there was an end of it.
From Marcella by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
It may be a mere coincidence, but certainly the most learned Hebraist it was ever my lot to know was also the best and most satisfactory carver of a leg of mutton.
From What I Remember, Volume 2 by Trollope, Thomas Adolphus
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