Search results for "Hebrew language" - New World Encyclopedia
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- 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
- (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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Tzitzit or tzitzis (Ashkenazi) (Biblical Hebrew language: ציצת, Modern ציצית) are "fringes" or "tassels" worn by ...20 KB (3,211 words) - 00:42, 3 May 2023
- Rabbi Judah haNasi, (Hebrew: יהודה הנשיא—"Judah the ... the Jews of Palestine who did not speak Hebrew should consider Greek as ...16 KB (2,573 words) - 08:34, 12 May 2024
- ) is the Islamic equivalent to hell. Its roots come from the Hebrew word Gehinnom, which was an ancient garbage dump outside of the city of Jerusalem ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 12:41, 6 November 2021
- among Christians over whether or not the Hebrew Bible should be included ... In Tertullian's day, some even considered the God of the Hebrew ...25 KB (3,826 words) - 16:33, 11 November 2022
- Nachman of Breslov (Hebrew: נחמן מברסלב), also known as ... seemingly simple "tales" in Hebrew and Yiddish that are filled ...16 KB (2,514 words) - 23:00, 10 November 2022
- Hebrew has a specific word, betulah, for a virgin, and a more general ... Miraculous but not virginal births appear in Jesus' own Hebrew ...30 KB (4,795 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2023
- the tenth century B.C.E. It is known in Hebrew as the Mishkan ( משכן ... sacred tent may once have existed in the Hebrew past, but that the glorious ...17 KB (2,623 words) - 02:04, 27 February 2023
- Ēl (Hebrew: אל) is a northwest Semitic word meaning "god" ... In the Bible, El was the deity worshiped by the Hebrew patriarchs ...20 KB (3,357 words) - 00:06, 13 February 2024
- Amos (Hebrew: עָמוֹס—"Burden"—apparently a shortened ... expressive, vivid, and forceful language and style of his writing ...15 KB (2,479 words) - 17:17, 26 July 2023
- Amorite (Sumerian Mar.tu, Akkadian Amurrūm, Egyptian Amar, Hebrew ... The Amorite language was a semitic dialect. The main sources for our ...16 KB (2,552 words) - 17:17, 26 July 2023
