Hebrew
- noun
- /ˈhiːbruː/
:
hebreo
- Many modern Jews trace their heritage back to the ancient Hebrew people described in the Bible.
Examples
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So Jonah confesses that he's a Hebrew who worships the Lord who, as he now realizes, made both land and sea.
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But that are you, are you a follower of the philosophy of the Black Hebrew Israelites?
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However, there certainly is something, I mean, the whole thing is specific to him and his Hebrew readership.
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God is delivering the Hebrew slaves from slavery in Egypt.
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My daughter speaks Hebrew like a true Jew from Israel.
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Kaimpotov wrote a book called The Book of Lights about the Enlightenment of a young Hebrew scholar.
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Sitting listening to King's lecture and thinking to himself, I hear the Hebrew prophets in this man's voice.
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And so I'm sure that kind of that Kyrie has the right to his Black Hebrew Israelite views or what he thinks about that documentary.
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She defends the Gentile God Dagon and and Samson, her husband defends the Hebrew God Yahweh or Jehovah.
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The Hebrew prophets played a significant role in the religious teachings of Judaism.
Synonyms
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2.4
A person who follows the religion Judaism or has Jewish ancestors
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6.4
People from the ancient Hebrew nation who are descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
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8.1
A member or descendant of the ancient Hebrew people
A group of ancient people descended from Abraham who are the ancestors of the Jewish people
Compounds
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4.6
A language first used by ancient Jewish people, now the main language of Israel
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5.5
The standard form of Hebrew used in Israel today, brought back from ancient Hebrew
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A set of Jewish sacred writings in three parts: the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings
The form of Hebrew spoken and written in Israel today, brought back from ancient Hebrew
A calendar used by Jewish people that uses lunar months and adds leap months to match the seasons
An alphabet of letters used to write Hebrew and other Jewish languages, for example Yiddish and Ladino
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hebrew first meant a person 'from the other side' and is connected to the ancestor Eber in old stories. That's why Hebrew came to mean the ancient people who are the children of Jacob and people connected to their culture and religion.