Search results for "Hebrew language" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Pilegesh is the Hebrew term for a concubine with similar social and legal standing to a recognized wife, often for the purpose of producing offspring. ...20 KB (2,953 words) - 08:14, 14 January 2023
- the city of Nicaea, and the predominant language spoken when it was written ... crucifixion according to the Bible's Hebrew calendar ( ...32 KB (4,986 words) - 17:21, 28 March 2024
- Abraham (Hebrew אַבְרָהָם Avraham "Father/Leader of ... plays in their holy books and beliefs. The Hebrew Bible describes Abraham as ...30 KB (4,873 words) - 16:27, 23 December 2022
- Kurbana), which is derived from the Hebrew Korban (קרבן), meaning ... Menorah, Mar Thoma sleeba in Malayalam language. It is based on the Jewish ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 22:35, 11 January 2024
- Namely, that many of the books of the Hebrew Bible are comprised of various literary sources, each with its own theological view and agenda. ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 15:59, 7 May 2023
- In the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, angels are a spiritual ... God sent an angel to protect the Hebrew people after their exodus ...37 KB (6,014 words) - 18:04, 27 July 2023
- speak one of the early forms of Arabic language or its predecessors, however ... in Yemen. Ishmael learned the Arabic language and he spoke it fluently ...32 KB (4,654 words) - 20:18, 11 August 2023
- The Hebrew Bible notes that slaves voluntarily had one ear pierced ... (Ezek. 9:2-6). This stigma, of the ancient Hebrew letter taw, is cross-like ...21 KB (3,372 words) - 18:00, 21 October 2022
- Lilith (Hebrew he|לילית ) is a female demon figure found in Mesopotamian ... The Hebrew Lilith and Akkadian Līlītu are female adjectives from ...47 KB (7,623 words) - 08:39, 8 March 2023
- The Hebrew word shadkhan (plural shadkhanim) comes from the root word, shidikh (“match”). The Aramaic translation is sheket (“silence” ...21 KB (3,273 words) - 16:48, 7 November 2022
- she was a brilliant scholar of Latin, Greek, and Hebrew and had a reputation for intelligence and insight. Heloise was the ward of an uncle, a canon ...20 KB (3,412 words) - 09:44, 25 June 2024
- In many instances all three use identical language." Mark is widely considered ... Luke describe the same events in similar language. Luke's style is more ...37 KB (5,220 words) - 04:27, 24 May 2024
- is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely ... Moscow State University, Russian Language Centre - [http://www.rlcentre ...41 KB (5,525 words) - 20:35, 17 April 2023
- Jewish or Christian structures. In ancient Hebrew practice, sepulchres were ... tombs was usually closed by a large stone (Hebrew golal), which could only ...18 KB (2,713 words) - 03:55, 1 May 2023
- The word huma in the Persian language stands for a fabulous bird. ... early literature, either from the ancient Hebrew legend or from the incorporation ...14 KB (2,311 words) - 14:23, 19 March 2024
- אורים ותמים (Hebrew) Lux et veritas (Latin) (Light and truth) ... brought with him his interest in the Hebrew language as a vehicle for studying ...40 KB (5,720 words) - 10:04, 22 May 2023
- Some passages from the Hebrew Bible have been cited as supporting ... of the Holy Trinity with gender-neutral language, such as "Creator, ...42 KB (6,496 words) - 11:56, 9 May 2024
- probably hark back to the origins of language and the subcontinent's ... it from Sanskrit into the middle Persian language of Pahlavi, transliterated ...24 KB (3,634 words) - 06:28, 18 November 2022
- beautiful"—the word is found in the Hebrew version of Book of Isaiah ... canon which thus far includes the Hebrew Bible, Christian New Testament ...28 KB (4,522 words) - 21:59, 10 December 2023
- Jewish scriptures. Marcion therefore rejected the Hebrew Bible entirely and accepted only an abridged version of the Gospel of Luke and a number of ...11 KB (1,700 words) - 09:26, 24 November 2022
