How to Use Hebrew in a Sentence
Hebrew
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At least one of them cried out for help in Hebrew before they were killed, the official added.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 2023-12-21
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As part of a lunch-and-learn study group, Ruthy read through the Hebrew Bible in six months.
—Ester Bloom, CNBC, 2025-03-08
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On his first day at the school, his parents also registered him for Hebrew school.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 2024-11-14
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Zev is a name of Hebrew origin which means Wolf — also my great grandfather's name.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 2023-07-23
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The dates of Hanukkah change each year according to the Hebrew calendar.
—Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 2024-12-03
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Stones emerged depicting stars, the moon, and letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
—Daniel T. Ksepka, Scientific American, 2023-12-01
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The lights go down, the candles light up, and Jonah chants the portion in its original text in Hebrew.
—Leah Abrams, Them., 2025-04-17
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Daniel Deronda was quickly brought out in Hebrew, purged of most of the English chapters.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 2024-01-30
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The voices of others in the convoy can also be heard, as well as those of people shouting commands in Hebrew.
—Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 2025-04-07
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One of the Palestinian women told me that she was asked to sign papers in Hebrew that were not translated.
—Lynzy Billing, The Dial, 2025-05-06
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The Oscar-winning filmmaker didn’t speak Hebrew, but sensed this was something big.
—Jocelyn Noveck, Los Angeles Times, 2024-12-13
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In a statement in Hebrew the next day, Netanyahu pointed to his track record of thwarting the two-state solution.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 2024-01-22
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Far from obviously being good, the God of the Hebrew Bible comes up short, morally.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 2024-03-04
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In Hebrew tradition, Passover is from the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, until the twenty-first day of the month in the evening.
—Holly Rizzuto Palker, Parents, 2023-09-17
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Consider the story of Queen Esther from the Hebrew Bible.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 2025-03-06
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Passover is a Jewish holiday during the month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 2025-04-14
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In the video, Avital, in Hebrew, informs her husband of their new daughter's name, according to Reuters.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2025-02-15
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The prime minister offered his reply in Hebrew, which has since been translated by the Times of Israel.
—Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 2023-12-09
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Shooting is set for Spring 2025 and will be filmed in Hebrew, Arabic and English.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2024-11-27
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Noam grew up bilingual in Arabic and Hebrew, best friends with an Arab girl, Ranin, in a community unlike any other in the country.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 2025-01-28
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Though Hebrew is the language of Jewish prayer, Rabbi Harlow aspired to make the prayer book accessible to those who did not speak the language.
—Ari L. Goldman, New York Times, 2024-02-19
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So many of the sources are in Yiddish and Hebrew, and Eastern European Jewish civilization was wiped out.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
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The rapper apologized to the Jewish community with a post on social media in Hebrew in late 2023.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 2025-05-22
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Weiss is founding rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale in the Bronx and a longtime activist for Jewish causes and human rights.
—Avi Weiss, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2025
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The inscription is in Latin, which is unusual for the era, as similar amulet scrolls were usually written in Greek or Hebrew, Scholz says in the statement.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2024-12-19
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The 24 books comprising the entire Hebrew Bible cover a wide range of topics in history, law, poetry, wisdom, and theology.
—Jonathan I. Shenkman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent research from Israel’s Hebrew University, reported in Haaretz, estimates that 70% of all structures in Gaza have been made uninhabitable.
—Rebecca Shabad, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2025
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In the Song of Songs (sometimes referred to as the Song of Solomon or the Canticle of Canticles), a poem in the Hebrew Bible about two lovers, the fruit remains connected to beauty, love, and enticement.
—Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
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The one-of-a-kind siddur features bright colors, bold text and an amalgam of Hebrew, English, Russian and Ladino prayers, as well as meditations on healing and recovery and poems by individuals currently or formerly in custody at Rikers.
—Marla Brown Fogelman, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
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There’s the Afro-Asiatic family of languages spoken in northern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and parts of Western Asia, including Egyptian and Somali, plus Semitic languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Aramaic.
—Martha Barnette august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
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