Hebrew
An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew.
The language of the Hebrews; -- one of the Semitic family of languages.
Of or pertaining to the Hebrews; as, the Hebrew language or rites.
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Hebrew Quotations
It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even the slang of today.
Henry David Thoreau
Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life.
Lyndon B. Johnson
I speak fluent Hebrew and even dream in Hebrew when we visit there, once or twice a year.
Natalie Portman
He was the editor of our paper. He created the publishing house in Hebrew. He was - I wouldn't say the "guru" - but really he was our teacher and a most respected man. I wrote for the paper of the youth movement.
Shimon Peres
In my office in Jerusalem, there's an ancient seal. It's a signet ring of a Jewish official from the time of the Bible. The seal was found right next to the Western Wall, and it dates back 2,700 years, to the time of King Hezekiah. Now, there's a name of the Jewish official inscribed on the ring in Hebrew. His name was Netanyahu.
Benjamin Netanyahu
But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own; and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose.
Lafcadio Hearn
What is supposed to be the very essence of Judaism - which is the notion that it is by study that you make yourself a holy people - is nowhere present in Hebrew tradition before the end of the first or the beginning of the second century of the Common Era.
Harold Bloom
Certain it is that their power increased always in an exact proportion to the weakness of the Caliphate, and, without doubt, in some of the most distracted periods of the Arabian rule, the Hebrew Princes rose into some degree of local and temporary importance.
Isaac Disraeli
I learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember.
David Antin
By the reduction of the Arabs on the one hand and Jewish immigration in the transition period on the other, we will ensure an absolute Hebrew majority in a parliamentary regime.
Moshe Sharett
Hebrew Translations
Hebrew in Dutch is Hebreeuws, joods
Hebrew in Finnish is juutalainen
Hebrew in Spanish is hebreo, hebraico
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