Search results for "Hebrew language" - New World Encyclopedia
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- In Jewish folklore, a golem (from the Hebrew "gelem" ((גלם ... Emet (אמת, 'truth' in the Hebrew language) on the forehead was ...13 KB (2,158 words) - 04:12, 24 May 2024
- often used as an exact translation of the Hebrew phrase Sifrut Hazal (ספרות ... Midrash (pl. Midrashim) is a Hebrew word referring to a method of ...11 KB (1,477 words) - 16:16, 7 December 2022
- quot;Ashkenaz" being the Medieval Hebrew name for Germany. They are ... Ashkenaz is a Medieval Hebrew name for Germany. European Jews came ...20 KB (2,890 words) - 04:05, 18 August 2023
- Gabriel (Hebrew: גַּבְרִיאֵל, or Jibril; Arabic: جبريل; ... The angel Gabriel is first mentioned in the Book of Daniel in the ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 07:35, 15 April 2024
- Psalms (Greek: Psalmoi) is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian ... In the Hebrew Bible, the Psalms are counted among the "Writings ...21 KB (3,276 words) - 00:29, 19 November 2023
- The word "Rabbi" is derived from the Hebrew root word רַב ... study, and attendant languages (e.g., Hebrew, Aramaic and in some cases ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 16:07, 7 December 2022
- to the ancient, Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible (often called the ... the Beginning: A Short History of the Hebrew Language, [http://www.newjewishbooks ...32 KB (4,408 words) - 19:48, 21 April 2023
- The Jordan River (Arabic: Nahr Al-Urdun; Hebrew: Ha-Yarden River) ... references to the Jordan in both the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, yet ...11 KB (1,805 words) - 06:19, 6 May 2024
- Latin, Greek, German, Russian, Japanese, and Hebrew. After his family moved to Myersburg, Pennsylvania, Ward started working with his brother in a ...9 KB (1,301 words) - 22:02, 25 October 2022
- Gideon (Hebrew: גִּדְעוֹן, Gidʻon), also known as Jerubbaal ... deity Baal, while also believing in the Hebrew God Yahweh. ...9 KB (1,479 words) - 22:57, 28 August 2021
- an independent translation from the Hebrew Bible. Resolution of these ... There has even been disagreement about what language Tatian used for ...13 KB (1,861 words) - 11:57, 29 January 2024
- Although the existence of the geniza (a Hebrew word meaning a "hiding ... are placed and heretical or disgraced Hebrew writings are stored so as ...14 KB (2,072 words) - 18:19, 25 November 2023
- Asherah (Hebrew אשרה), also spelled Ashera, was a major northwest ... been regarded as the female consort to the Hebrew God Yahweh and was widely ...14 KB (2,179 words) - 04:03, 18 August 2023
- A yarmulke (Hebrew: יאַרמלקע meaning "cap") is a ... of the King [i.e., God]," or from the Hebrew ya'are me-elohim, "to ...15 KB (2,303 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- Hadad (Hebrew: בעל הדד; Ugaritic Haddu) was an important northwest ... quot; considered to be the enemies of the Hebrew deity Yahweh and was the ...14 KB (2,245 words) - 22:09, 21 June 2024
- Raphael (רפאל, Hebrew for "God has healed," "God ... In the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, angels are a spiritual ...11 KB (1,746 words) - 05:15, 17 July 2022
- Ecclesiastes is a book of the Hebrew Bible whose title is derived ... The Hebrew קהלת (Qohelet), the original title for the Book of ...19 KB (2,903 words) - 07:26, 17 November 2023
- of David (known as the Magen David in Hebrew, מָגֵן דָּוִד ... its meaning in the name David itself. In Hebrew spelling (דוד), David ...12 KB (2,021 words) - 19:53, 9 February 2023
- is an apocryphal book written in Hebrew c. 180–175 B.C.E., attributed ... From its original Hebrew, The Wisdom of Ben Sira was translated into ...16 KB (2,553 words) - 09:06, 27 September 2023
- is also the start of the civil year in the Hebrew calendar. It is observed ... meal on Rosh Hashanah. The traditional Hebrew greeting on Rosh Hashanahh ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 19:18, 16 December 2022
