What does hebrew mean?
Definitions for hebrew
ˈhi bruhe·brew
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Princeton's WordNet
Hebrewnoun
the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel
Jew, Hebrew, Israeliteadjective
a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
Hebraic, Hebraical, Hebrewadjective
of or relating to or characteristic of the Hebrews
"the old Hebrew prophets"
Hebraic, Hebraical, Hebrewadjective
of or relating to the language of the Hebrews
"Hebrew vowels"
Wiktionary
Hebrewnoun
A member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Hebrewnoun
A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Eber.
Hebrewadjective
Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.
Hebrewnoun
The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people.
Hebrewnoun
The writing system used in Hebrew language.
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hebrew
Hebrew refers to the Semitic language historically used by the ancient Israelites, which is still spoken today primarily in Israel. It is also the traditional language of the Jewish religion used in prayer, religious texts, and studies. Additionally, Hebrew can refer to a person who is descendant of the ancient Israelites, traditionally traced through Jewish male lineage. It is also associated with the Hebrew culture and civilization, including history, art, thought, literature, and religious texts.
Webster Dictionary
Hebrewnoun
an appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew
Hebrewnoun
the language of the Hebrews; -- one of the Semitic family of languages
Hebrewadjective
of or pertaining to the Hebrews; as, the Hebrew language or rites
Etymology: [F. Hbreu, L. Hebraeus, Gr. , fr. Heb. 'ibhr.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Hebrew
hē′brōō, n. one of the descendants of Abraham, who emigrated from beyond the Euphrates into Palestine: an Israelite, a Jew: the language of the Hebrews (fem. Hē′brewess, B.): (coll.) unintelligible speech.—adj. relating to the Hebrews.—adjs. Hebrā′ic, -al, relating to the Hebrews or to their language.—adv. Hebrā′ically, after the manner of the Hebrew language: from right to left.—n. Hebrā′icism.—v.t. Hē′braise, to express as in Hebrew: to conform or incline to Hebrew ideals.—ns. Hē′braiser; Hē′braism, a Hebrew idiom; Hē′braist, one skilled in Hebrew.—adjs. Hebraist′ic, -al, of or like Hebrew.—adv. Hebraist′ically.—n. Hē′brewism. [O. Fr. Ebreu—L. Hebræus—Gr. Hebraios—Heb. ‛ibrî, lit. 'one from the other side (of the river).']
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Hebrew
a Semitic language, the ancient language of the Jews, and that in which the Old Testament is written, the words of which, as indeed of others of the same stock, are derived from triliteral roots, and the verb in which has no present tense, only a past and a future, convertible, moreover, into one another.
Editors Contribution
Hebrew
Language. Hebrew is derived from Heber, a man in the line of Shem. It was not until Abraham that the first Hebrew (and thus the Hebraic language entered the land of Canaanitic.
Submitted by rinat on June 17, 2019
hebrewnoun
The Fathers tongue technically formed by the soul culture. 1.) His eminence used to refer to a man, boy, or male beginning to develop and make mixing sounds to utter a perfect pitched tone of humor. 2.) A member of an ancient people living in what is now Israel and Palestine and, according to biblical tradition, descended from the patriarch Jacob, grandson of Abraham. They established kingdoms of Israel and Judah, and their scriptures and traditions form the basis of the Jewish religion. Of the Hebrews is the original Jews.
Hebrew is the first human oral language and Creole is the new oral literature.
Etymology: Old testament literature
Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on November 9, 2023
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hebrew in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hebrew in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of hebrew in a Sentence
My hunch on the Ditka quote is that it comes from a quirk of the King James translation, ancient Hebrew had a particular way of saying things like, 'and the next thing that happened was...' The King James translators of the Old Testament consistently rendered this as 'and it came to pass.' '' When phantom Bible passages turn dangerous People may get verses wrong, but they also mangle plenty of well-known biblical stories as well. Two examples: The scripture never says a whale swallowed Jonah, the Old Testament prophet, nor did any New Testament passages say that three wise men visited baby Jesus, scholars say. Those details may seem minor, but scholars say one popular phantom Bible story stands above the rest: The Genesis story about the fall of humanity. Most people know the popular version - Satan in the guise of a serpent tempts Eve to pick the forbidden apple from the Tree of Life. It's been downhill ever since. But the story in the book of Genesis never places Satan in the Garden of Eden.
They were keen to learn Hebrew and to have access to the original text, which they used to explain [parts] in their text which they couldn't understand.
It turned out that over 80 per cent of the words were in a Hebrew dictionary, but we didn’t know if they made sense together.
Director of Public Safety James Shea told reporters Friday. Based on what we know now, the amount of guns, the amount of ammunition, the fact that they had explosive devices -- we would have to assume they planned to do a lot more damage than we allowed them to do. THOUSANDS MOURN, ATTEND FUNERALS FOR Jersey City SHOOTING VICTIMS Police officers stand near the scene of a gun fight at a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Thursday. Anderson and Graham appear to have acted alone even though they had expressed interest in the Black Hebrew Israelites, a fringe religious group that often disparages whites and Jews, New Jersey officials have said. Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said Thursday that the attack was driven by hatred of Jews and law enforcement and is being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism. The evidence points toward acts of hate. I can confirm that were investigating this matter as potential acts of domestic terrorism fueled both by anti-Semitism and anti-law enforcement beliefs, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said. Attorney General Gurbir Grewal added that social media posts, witness interviews and other evidence reflected the couples hatred of Jews and police. Orthodox Jewish men carry Moshe Deutsch's casket outside a Brooklyn synagogue following Moshe Deutsch funeral on Wednesday in New York. Moshe Deutsch was one of the victims killed in Tuesday's shooting in Jersey City, New Jersey CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP The attackers killed three people in the market, in addition to the police officer at a cemetery about a mile away, before dying in an hourslong gunbattle with police Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. Public Safety James Shea called Seals the ultimate detective or officer we would point to to tell young officers, This is how you should behave.
On this otherwise Middle Egyptian caption were a Canaanite syllabic and the world’s oldest attested proto-consonantal letter–‘B’, depicting a house for the Hebrew consonantbayit.
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