Search results for "Hebrew language" - New World Encyclopedia
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- father was a watchmaker and jeweler. His Hebrew name was Chaim Tzvi. Hasidism ... After receiving a master's degree in Hebrew literature, and his later ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 00:12, 4 December 2023
- The Samaritans speak either Modern Hebrew (in Holon) or Palestinian Arabic (in Nablus) as their mother language. For liturgical purposes, Samaritan ...15 KB (2,463 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- Jericho (Arabic أريحا, ʼArīḥā; Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ, ... Jericho is mentioned in the Jewish Hebrew Bible (the Christian Old ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:27, 1 August 2022
- from the morpheme "-isma" in the Greek language. identified with the divinities. Early Hebrew monotheism scriptural representations ...17 KB (2,392 words) - 06:18, 31 July 2023
- The Torah (from Hebrew תּוֹרָה: meaning "teaching," ... The Biblical Hebrew language is sometimes referred to as "the ...24 KB (3,856 words) - 04:01, 1 May 2023
- From 1648, he was also Regius Professor of Hebrew. 1648 to 1650 and again from ... Pasor, a refugee from Germany who taught Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, and Arabic ...17 KB (2,663 words) - 15:59, 21 December 2021
- Yom Kippur (Hebrew:יוֹם כִּפּוּר meaning Day of Atonement ... a Gregorian date which falls around the Hebrew date of Yom Kippur. ...20 KB (3,188 words) - 16:40, 4 June 2023
- The Book of Obadiah is a prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible (and the ... ; conversely, it could also describe the Hebrew kingdom in 605–586 B.C ...15 KB (2,366 words) - 00:28, 19 November 2023
- A Nazirite (also spelled Nazarite) (from Hebrew: נזיר, nazir meaning ... The term "Nazirite" comes from the Hebrew nazir meaning ...20 KB (3,259 words) - 16:00, 11 November 2022
- Hugo Odeberg,Hugo Odeberg, 3 Enoch Or The Hebrew Book Of Enoch (Ktav Pub. ... not being used in place of the Hebrew word for throne. The two words ...18 KB (2,679 words) - 23:31, 19 October 2023
- to organize as the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC). Shortly ... the first graduating class of rabbis from Hebrew Union College. The more radical ...19 KB (2,867 words) - 03:01, 8 December 2022
- Isaac or Yitzchak (Hebrew: יִצְחָק Yiẓḥaq Arabic: إسحٰق, ... of Jacob and Esau, as described in the Hebrew Bible. His story is told ...18 KB (3,040 words) - 13:27, 6 March 2024
- (Hebrew: שְׁכֶם / שְׁכָם, Šəḵem ; "Shoulder ... Shechem first appears in the Hebrew Bible in Genesis 12:6–8, which ...12 KB (1,941 words) - 21:20, 6 October 2022
- law). They form the core of the Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible. In Christianity, the ... quot; or "Discourses") (The Hebrew names are taken from initial ...20 KB (3,080 words) - 07:22, 23 November 2022
- biblicus. He became versed in the Greek, Hebrew, and Latin languages. After ... leader who chose to use biblical language—the only language the peasants ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 21:24, 30 April 2023
- Balaam (Hebrew: בִּלְעָם, Bilʻam ) was a non-Israelite prophet in the Hebrew Bible, his story occurring ...16 KB (2,754 words) - 04:16, 11 January 2023
- In the Hebrew Bible, Sukkot is called: *“The Feast of Tabernacles ... The word sukkot is the plural of the Hebrew word sukkah, meaning booth ...19 KB (2,871 words) - 21:43, 26 February 2023
- (basic significant sounds) of the spoken language. This is in contrast to ... the Beginning: A Short History of the Hebrew Language. New York, NY: NYU Press ...44 KB (6,641 words) - 08:32, 23 July 2023
- word "dybbuk" is derived from a Hebrew term meaning "attachment ... a dead person returned from Gehenna, the Hebrew term for the spiritual world ...12 KB (1,997 words) - 17:25, 12 February 2024
- proficient in Latin and Greek, he studied Hebrew and Arabic in Padua with ... that Pico was introduced to the mystical Hebrew Kabbalah, which fascinated ...21 KB (3,278 words) - 14:25, 22 May 2024
