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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The name had been lifted from a joke posted on Hebrew social media, but Israel’s spy agency has killed several senior Iranian nuclear scientists and military figures in recent years.
—
Kay Armin Serjoie, TIME, 28 May 2024
Yuval Shany, an international law expert at the Hebrew University and senior fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, says the court’s ruling left enough ambiguity to allow Israel to continue its offensive there.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 24 May 2024
Staff speaks Russian, Ukrainian, English, Hebrew and Spanish Aloft Fort Lauderdale Airport
Opened: Dec. 2023
Rooms: 138
Location: 501 SE 24th St.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
The proceedings were in Hebrew, so most of the villagers were unable to follow the arguments that described the daily terrors inflicted by settlers and the glaring absence of any law-enforcement efforts to stop them.
—Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
West later apologized on an Instagram post written in Hebrew in December 2023, but later sported a T-shirt for the Norwegian metal musician Burzum, who has been fined for antisemitism.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2024
Their stories reveal a generational divide in the American Jewish community as more young Jews question the narratives their synagogues and Hebrew school teachers delivered them as children.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 10 May 2024
At the Hand in Hand school in Jerusalem, children learn both Arabic and Hebrew.
—Debora Patta, CBS News, 9 May 2024
These awful tableaux are the products of a lifelong immersion in Holocaust narratives, from factual accounts in textbooks to visits to museums to documentaries screened at Hebrew school.
—TIME, 8 May 2024
Kay Armin Serjoie, TIME, 28 May 2024
Yuval Shany, an international law expert at the Hebrew University and senior fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, says the court’s ruling left enough ambiguity to allow Israel to continue its offensive there.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 24 May 2024
Staff speaks Russian, Ukrainian, English, Hebrew and Spanish Aloft Fort Lauderdale Airport
Opened: Dec. 2023
Rooms: 138
Location: 501 SE 24th St.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
The proceedings were in Hebrew, so most of the villagers were unable to follow the arguments that described the daily terrors inflicted by settlers and the glaring absence of any law-enforcement efforts to stop them.
—Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
West later apologized on an Instagram post written in Hebrew in December 2023, but later sported a T-shirt for the Norwegian metal musician Burzum, who has been fined for antisemitism.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2024
Their stories reveal a generational divide in the American Jewish community as more young Jews question the narratives their synagogues and Hebrew school teachers delivered them as children.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 10 May 2024
At the Hand in Hand school in Jerusalem, children learn both Arabic and Hebrew.
—Debora Patta, CBS News, 9 May 2024
These awful tableaux are the products of a lifelong immersion in Holocaust narratives, from factual accounts in textbooks to visits to museums to documentaries screened at Hebrew school.
—TIME, 8 May 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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