hebrew
IPA: hˈibru
Root Word: Hebrew
noun
- (countable) A member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- (countable) A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Eber.
- (uncountable) The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people.
- (uncountable) The writing system used in Hebrew language.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Unintelligible speech or writing.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.
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Examples of "hebrew" in Sentences
- He is fluent in the Hebrew language.
- The babe in the manger was no Hebrew stranger.
- Gad was a seer or prophet in the Hebrew Bible.
- He was the first systematic Hebrew grammarian.
- This is the authorship of the Epistle to the Hebrews.
- Hebrew is the local dialect of the Canaanite language.
- The use of the Hebrew language in worship is forbidden.
- The use of the Hebrew language in worship was forbidden.
- It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Hebrews.
- It is not related to the lost apocryphal Gospel of the Hebrews.
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