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

Prof Nathan McDonald, a theology academic at the University of Cambridge, said the video referred to the Codex Sassoon, a very early Hebrew Bible which recently generated attention when it was sold at auction for $38m.

From BBC

It was not until recently that former owner, collector Jacqui Safra, had the Codex Sassoon carbon dated, confirming it was older than the Aleppo Codex and the Leningrad Codex, two other major early Hebrew Bibles, according to Sotheby's.

From Reuters

It was not until recently that the current owner, collector Jacqui Safra, had the Codex Sassoon carbon dated, confirming it was older than the Aleppo Codex and the Leningrad Codex, two other major early Hebrew Bibles, according to Sotheby's.

From Reuters

They hold an early Hebrew prayer book, allegedly stolen from the National Museum of Afghanistan in the mid-1990s.

From Slate

I thumbed through them for the section on early Hebrew manuscripts.

From The New Yorker