Hebrew+language
51Hebrew alphabet — Script used to write the Hebrew language and a number of other languages used as vernaculars by Jews, including Ladino and Yiddish. The modern 22 letter alphabet in use today differs only slightly from the script adapted by Jewish scribes in the… …
52Hebrew — I UK [ˈhiːbruː] / US [ˈhɪˌbru] noun Word forms Hebrew : singular Hebrew plural Hebrews 1) [uncountable] one of the official languages of Israel. It is a modern form of the older language that the Old Testament was written in. 2) [countable] a… …
53Hebrew alphabet — noun a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino) • Syn: ↑Hebraic alphabet, ↑Hebrew script • Hypernyms: ↑alphabet, ↑unicameral script • Member Meronyms: ↑ …
54Hebrew — He|brew1 [ hi,bru ] noun 1. ) count a Jewish person in ancient times 2. ) uncount one of the official languages of Israel Hebrew He|brew 2 [ hi,bru ] adjective 1. ) relating to the Hebrew language 2. ) relating to the Jewish people or their… …
55Hebrew lesson — noun instruction in the Hebrew language • Hypernyms: ↑language lesson …
56Hebrew — [ˈhiːbruː] noun I 1) [U] one of the official languages of Israel 2) [C] a Jewish person in ancient times II adj Hebrew [ˈhiːbruː] 1) relating to the Hebrew language 2) of Jewish people …
57hebrew — ‘Kindhearted Leventhal, you deep Hebrew…’ says a character in Saul Bellow’s The Victim. The vocative is unusual in a modern text, though there is some justification in using it as a synonym for ‘Jew’. More frequently in modern times it refers… …
58Hebrew script — noun a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino) • Syn: ↑Hebrew alphabet, ↑Hebraic alphabet • Hypernyms: ↑alphabet, ↑unicameral script • Member Meronyms: ↑ …
59hebrew — I. n. 1. Israelite, Jew. 2. Hebrew language. II. a. Jewish, Israelitish …
60Hebrew of Jesus — Hebrew of Israel=Pre Roman PeriodsPersian Period* Persian Period 539 333 BCE * Hebrew was the local spoken language: dialects include Late Biblical Hebrew. * Most of the Hebrew speaking Jews were never exiled to Bavel. Only the elites were. The… …
