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hebrew
has definitions from the fields of linguistics,Judaism
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[ noun ] (linguistics) the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel
Used in print (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)All_around the Mediterranean_Sea , Asia_Minor , northern India , and Tibet , Hebrew was the native tongue . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of or relating to or characteristic of the Hebrews
Examples "the old Hebrew prophets" Used in print (Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)In the following year her father undertook to give a course in Hebrew theology to Johns_Hopkins students , and this brought to the Szold house a group of bright young Jews who had come to Baltimore to study , and who enjoyed being fed and mothered by Mamma and entertained by Henrietta and Rachel , who played and sang for them in the upstairs sitting_room on Sunday evenings . |
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[ noun ] (Judaism) a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
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