What does Hebrew mean?

Definitions for Hebrew
ˈhi bruhe·brew

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Hebrew.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Hebrewnoun

    the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel

  2. Jew, Hebrew, Israeliteadjective

    a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties

  3. Hebraic, Hebraical, Hebrewadjective

    of or relating to or characteristic of the Hebrews

    "the old Hebrew prophets"

  4. Hebraic, Hebraical, Hebrewadjective

    of or relating to the language of the Hebrews

    "Hebrew vowels"

Wiktionary

  1. Hebrewnoun

    A member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  2. Hebrewnoun

    A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Eber.

  3. Hebrewadjective

    Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.

  4. Hebrewnoun

    The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people.

  5. Hebrewnoun

    The writing system used in Hebrew language.

ChatGPT

  1. hebrew

    Hebrew refers to the Semitic language historically used by the ancient Israelites, which is still spoken today primarily in Israel. It is also the traditional language of the Jewish religion used in prayer, religious texts, and studies. Additionally, Hebrew can refer to a person who is descendant of the ancient Israelites, traditionally traced through Jewish male lineage. It is also associated with the Hebrew culture and civilization, including history, art, thought, literature, and religious texts.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hebrewnoun

    an appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew

  2. Hebrewnoun

    the language of the Hebrews; -- one of the Semitic family of languages

  3. Hebrewadjective

    of or pertaining to the Hebrews; as, the Hebrew language or rites

  4. Etymology: [F. Hbreu, L. Hebraeus, Gr. , fr. Heb. 'ibhr.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Hebrew

    hē′brōō, n. one of the descendants of Abraham, who emigrated from beyond the Euphrates into Palestine: an Israelite, a Jew: the language of the Hebrews (fem. Hē′brewess, B.): (coll.) unintelligible speech.—adj. relating to the Hebrews.—adjs. Hebrā′ic, -al, relating to the Hebrews or to their language.—adv. Hebrā′ically, after the manner of the Hebrew language: from right to left.—n. Hebrā′icism.—v.t. Hē′braise, to express as in Hebrew: to conform or incline to Hebrew ideals.—ns. Hē′braiser; Hē′braism, a Hebrew idiom; Hē′braist, one skilled in Hebrew.—adjs. Hebraist′ic, -al, of or like Hebrew.—adv. Hebraist′ically.—n. Hē′brewism. [O. Fr. Ebreu—L. Hebræus—Gr. Hebraios—Heb. ‛ibrî, lit. 'one from the other side (of the river).']

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Hebrew

    a Semitic language, the ancient language of the Jews, and that in which the Old Testament is written, the words of which, as indeed of others of the same stock, are derived from triliteral roots, and the verb in which has no present tense, only a past and a future, convertible, moreover, into one another.

Editors Contribution

  1. Hebrew

    Language. Hebrew is derived from Heber, a man in the line of Shem. It was not until Abraham that the first Hebrew (and thus the Hebraic language entered the land of Canaanitic.


    Submitted by rinat on June 17, 2019  


  2. hebrewnoun

    The Fathers tongue technically formed by the soul culture. 1.) His eminence used to refer to a man, boy, or male beginning to develop and make mixing sounds to utter a perfect pitched tone of humor. 2.) A member of an ancient people living in what is now Israel and Palestine and, according to biblical tradition, descended from the patriarch Jacob, grandson of Abraham. They established kingdoms of Israel and Judah, and their scriptures and traditions form the basis of the Jewish religion. Of the Hebrews is the original Jews.

    Hebrew is the first human oral language and Creole is the new oral literature.

    Etymology: Old testament literature


    Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on November 9, 2023  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Hebrew in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Hebrew in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Hebrew in a Sentence

  1. Larry Sanders:

    He could read a prayer in Hebrew, but not with a great deal of understanding.

  2. Greg Kondrak:

    That was surprising, and just saying ‘this is Hebrew’ is the first step. The next step is how do we decipher it.

  3. Yair Lapid:

    I know this, because Yair Lapid said this :' The Arabic tongue and the Hebrew tongue will be equal in their rights and legal validity.' This statement is not a political statement, it's a practical statement.

  4. Bruce Wells:

    My hunch on the Ditka quote is that it comes from a quirk of the King James translation, ancient Hebrew had a particular way of saying things like, 'and the next thing that happened was...' The King James translators of the Old Testament consistently rendered this as 'and it came to pass.' '' When phantom Bible passages turn dangerous People may get verses wrong, but they also mangle plenty of well-known biblical stories as well. Two examples: The scripture never says a whale swallowed Jonah, the Old Testament prophet, nor did any New Testament passages say that three wise men visited baby Jesus, scholars say. Those details may seem minor, but scholars say one popular phantom Bible story stands above the rest: The Genesis story about the fall of humanity. Most people know the popular version - Satan in the guise of a serpent tempts Eve to pick the forbidden apple from the Tree of Life. It's been downhill ever since. But the story in the book of Genesis never places Satan in the Garden of Eden.

  5. Mayim Bialik:

    I got my undergrad degree in neuroscience and Hebrew and Jewish studies, and then I went on to a doctoral program.

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  • Scotty Sharon
    Scotty Sharon
    These definitions are completely incorrect. Jewish means people of the Tribe of Judah. Hebrew writing system has been around for a lot longer than people think. June of 1860 an armature archaeologist by the name of David Wyrick found a wedge shaped stone buried in twelve to fourteen inches of dirt in a pit adjacent to some Hopewell earthworks in what is now known as Newark Ohio. The most fascinating thing about this stone wedge is the fact that it had Hebrew inscriptions on each of its four sides. Do the research before posting lies and calling it a Word Definition. 
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