Hebrew
noun
He·brew
ˈhē-(ˌ)brü 
1
a
: the Semitic language of the ancient Hebrews
b
: any of various later forms of this language
2
: a member of or descendant from one of a group of northern Semitic peoples including the Israelites
especially
: israelite
Hebrew
adjective
Examples of Hebrew in a Sentence
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Local Call writes in Hebrew, and it’s mainly directed at the Israeli Hebrew-reading population, and +972 is in English.
—
Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
Shai Carmi is an Associate Professor of Population and Statistical Genetics at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
—Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
Information would be available in English and also in Arabic, Bengali, Spanish, Urdu and Hebrew.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
The sale spans 1,300 years of cultural history and also includes other manuscripts such as the Holkham Hebrew Bible and the Geraardsbergen Bible, the auction house said.
—Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, pledged to respond to Israel’s deadly attack on its embassy complex in Damascus, Syria, according to a social media post written in Hebrew.
—Missy Khamvongsa, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
The most popular languages on the platform include Spanish, German, French, Italian, English and Japanese but their roster also includes courses for more unique languages like Turkish, Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew and Hindi.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 31 Mar. 2024
Tal Mimran, from the Cyber Security Research Center in the Faculty of Law at Hebrew University, told Fox News Digital that, under international humanitarian law, hospitals should be afforded special protection during times of war.
—Ruth Marks Eglash, Fox News, 30 Mar. 2024
Secular Israelis have long clashed with the ultra-Orthodox minority, known in Hebrew as Haredim, about how religious the state should be and how much autonomy the Haredim should have.
—Johnatan Reiss, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
Shai Carmi is an Associate Professor of Population and Statistical Genetics at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
—Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
Information would be available in English and also in Arabic, Bengali, Spanish, Urdu and Hebrew.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
The sale spans 1,300 years of cultural history and also includes other manuscripts such as the Holkham Hebrew Bible and the Geraardsbergen Bible, the auction house said.
—Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, pledged to respond to Israel’s deadly attack on its embassy complex in Damascus, Syria, according to a social media post written in Hebrew.
—Missy Khamvongsa, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
The most popular languages on the platform include Spanish, German, French, Italian, English and Japanese but their roster also includes courses for more unique languages like Turkish, Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew and Hindi.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 31 Mar. 2024
Tal Mimran, from the Cyber Security Research Center in the Faculty of Law at Hebrew University, told Fox News Digital that, under international humanitarian law, hospitals should be afforded special protection during times of war.
—Ruth Marks Eglash, Fox News, 30 Mar. 2024
Secular Israelis have long clashed with the ultra-Orthodox minority, known in Hebrew as Haredim, about how religious the state should be and how much autonomy the Haredim should have.
—Johnatan Reiss, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
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Hebrew
noun
He·brew
ˈhē-(ˌ)brü
1
: a member of one of a group of northern Semitic peoples including the Israelites
especially
: israelite
2
: the Semitic language of the Hebrews
Hebraic
adjective
hi-ˈbrā-ik
Hebrew
adjective
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