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Hebrew
Hebrew adj. and sb. XIII. ME. ebreu — OF. ebr(i)eu (mod. hébreu) — medL. Ebrēus, for L. Hebræus — late Gr. Hebraîos — Aram. ‘ebrāyā’, for Heb. ‘ibrī’ lit. ‘one from the other side’ (sc. of the river).
So Hebraic XIV. — ChrL. Hebraicus — late Gr. Hebraïkós. Hebraism XVI. — F. or modL. Hebraist XVIII. |
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T. F. HOAD. "Hebrew." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "Hebrew." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-Hebrew.html T. F. HOAD. "Hebrew." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-Hebrew.html |
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Hebrew
Hebrew Language of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. Orginally spoken in Palestine, it is the language of the Old Testament. It declined during the Babylonian Captivity, supplanted by Aramaic. Hebrew persisted as a literary and liturgical language among Jews. The 19th-century Zionist movement revived Hebrew as a spoken language. It became the official language of Israel in 1948. See also Yiddish
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"Hebrew." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Hebrew." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Hebrew.html "Hebrew." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Hebrew.html |
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Hebrew
Hebrew (people). The inhabitants of Palestine, who entered the land with the Patriarchs and Moses. They generally spoke of themselves as ‘Israelites’; the term ‘Hebrew’ was largely used of them by others.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Hebrew." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Hebrew." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Hebrew.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Hebrew." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Hebrew.html |
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Hebrew
Hebrew
•Andrew
•Maseru, Nehru
•aircrew • écru • breakthrough
•Hebrew • see-through • corkscrew
•walk-through
•Nakuru, Nauru
•froufrou • guru • woodscrew
•thumbscrew • run-through • Timaru
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"Hebrew." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Hebrew." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Hebrew.html "Hebrew." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Hebrew.html |
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