单词 | Hebrew |
释义 | Hebrew/ˈhiːbruː /noun 1A member of an ancient people living in what is now Israel and Palestine and, according to biblical tradition, descended from the patriarch Jacob, grandson of Abraham. After the Exodus (circa 1300 bc) they established the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, and their scriptures and traditions form the basis of the Jewish religion.By about 1000 B.C.E. the Hebrews had established the kingdom of Israel, which later split into two kingdoms, Judah and Israel....
1.1 dated or offensive A Jew. 2 [mass noun] The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrews, in its ancient or modern form.In this period, Hebrew was spoken, and Hebrew is a Semitic language, just like Arabic....
adjective 1Of or in Hebrew.Yesterday the front entrance to the Paradise Hotel was blocked off by yellow tape with Hebrew lettering....
2Of the Hebrews or the Jews.But the writers aren't merely parroting what they learned in Hebrew school - they're analyzing it as a parable of corporate politics as well as piety....
Hebrew is written from right to left in a characteristic alphabet of twenty-two consonants, the vowels sometimes being marked by additional signs. From about ad 500 it was almost entirely restricted to Jewish religious use, but it was revived as a spoken language in the 19th century and, with a vocabulary extended by borrowing from contemporary languages, is now the official language of the state of Israel OriginFrom Old French Ebreu, via Latin from late Greek Hebraios, from Aramaic ‘iḇray, based on Hebrew ‘iḇrî understood to mean 'one from the other side (of the river)'. |
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