Hebrew (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a member of the Semitic peoples inhabiting ancient Palestine and claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; an Israelite.
  2. a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic family, the language of the ancient Hebrews, which, although not in a vernacular use from 100 b.c. to the 20th century, was retained as the scholarly and liturgical language of Jews and is now the national language of Israel. Abbreviation: Heb
adjective
  1. Hebraic.
  2. noting or pertaining to the script developed from the Aramaic and early Hebraic alphabets, used since about the 3rd century b.c. for the writing of Hebrew, and later for Yiddish, Ladino, and other languages.
noun
  1. the ancient language of the Hebrews, revived as the official language of Israel. It belongs to the Canaanitic branch of the Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages
  2. a member of an ancient Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham; an Israelite
  3. a Jew
adjective
  1. of or relating to the Hebrews or their language
  2. Jewish
Hebrew (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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