• The study of Hebrew occurred already in some grammatical notes in the Talmud and Midrash. The Masoretes continued the study as they fixed the text and...
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    Modern Hebrew and Arabic are the official languages of the State of Israel, while pre-revival forms of Hebrew are used for prayer or study in Jewish...
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  • The Academy of the Hebrew Language (Hebrew: הָאָקָדֶמְיָה לַלָּשׁוֹן הָעִבְרִית, ha-akademyah la-lashon ha-ivrit) was established by the Israeli government...
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    The revival of the Hebrew language took place in Europe and the region of Palestine toward the end of the 19th century and into the 20th century, through...
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    Hebrew traditionally used by Yemenite Jews. Yemenite Hebrew has been studied by language scholars, many of whom believe it to retain older phonetic and grammatical...
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    The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (/tɑːˈnɑːx/; Hebrew: תָּנָ״ךְ‎ Tānāḵ), also known in Hebrew as Miqra (/miːˈkrɑː/; Hebrew: מִקְרָא‎ Mīqrāʾ‍), is the canonical...
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    Mishnaic Hebrew (לשון חז"ל "Language of the Sages") is the Hebrew language of Talmudic texts. Mishnaic Hebrew can be sub-divided into Mishnaic Hebrew proper...
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    Classical Hebrew, is an archaic form of the Hebrew language, a language in the Canaanite branch of Semitic languages spoken by the Israelites in the area known...
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    called Israeli Hebrew or simply Hebrew, is the standard form of the Hebrew language spoken today. Developed as part of Hebrew's revival in the late 19th century...
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  • studies (or Judaic studies; Hebrew: מדעי היהדות, romanized: madey ha-yahadut, lit. 'sciences of Judaism') is an academic discipline centered on the study...
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  • in the writing of the Hebrew language and other Jewish languages, most notably Yiddish, Ladino, Judeo-Arabic, and Judeo-Persian. In modern Hebrew, vowels...
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    The Israeli population is linguistically and culturally diverse. Hebrew is the country's official language, and almost the entire population speaks it...
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  • to the Hebrew people who historically used Hebrew as a spoken language, and have continuously used the language in prayer and study, or both. The texts...
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    the Hebrews as synonymous with the Israelites, with the term "Hebrew" denoting an Israelite from the nomadic era that preceded the establishment of the...
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    The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They include Arabic, Amharic, Aramaic, Hebrew, and numerous other ancient and modern...
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    Judeo-Spanish (autonym djudeoespanyol, Hebrew script: גﬞודﬞיאו־איספאנייול‎), also known as Ladino, is a Romance language derived from Old Spanish. Originally...
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  • parts of the books of Daniel and Ezra, and also the language of the Targum, the Aramaic translation of the Hebrew Bible. It is also the language of the Jerusalem...
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  • language among Samaritans. Hebrew as a secular language in daily use was revived by Jewish political and cultural activists, particularly through the...
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  • and Mishnaic Hebrew favored for Jewish liturgical use and Torah study by Ashkenazi Jewish practice. As it is used parallel with Modern Hebrew, its phonological...
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  • (ין 'wine') exhibiting a shift of /ay/ to ē (yēn < *yayn) much like Hebrew. It was first described as a separate language in 1970 by Italian Orientalist...
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  • Lists of Geographical Names". Lĕšonénu: A Journal for the Study of the Hebrew Language and Cognate Subjects. 4 (3): 1–92. JSTOR 24384308. (Hebrew) Israel...
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    Hebrew-language names were coined for the place-names of Palestine throughout different periods under the British Mandate; after the establishment of...
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  • The Academy of the Arabic Language (Arabic: مجمع اللغة العربية, romanized: Mujamma‘ al-Luġa al-‘Arabiyya; Hebrew: האקדמיה ללשון הערבית, romanized: HaAkademia...
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    Jewish languages are the various languages and dialects that developed in Jewish communities in the diaspora. The original Jewish language is Hebrew, supplanted...
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  • was well versed in Hebrew for religious purposes. Aramaic was the common language of the Eastern Mediterranean during and after the Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian...
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    produced, more copies of earlier manuscripts of the original texts in the Hebrew and Greek languages had become available. According to the publishers, better...
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    Latinization of the Hebrew יְהֹוָה‎ Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old...
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    The Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (also known as HUC, HUC-JIR, and The College-Institute) is a Jewish seminary with three locations...
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  • Jah (category Articles containing Hebrew-language text)
    English-language context (see also romanization of Hebrew), especially for Christians who may not use Hebrew regularly during prayer and study. This short...
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    Sudra (headdress) (category CS1 uses Hebrew-language script (he))
    the Study of the Hebrew Language and Cognate Subjects (in Hebrew). סו (ג/ד): 271. ISSN 0334-3626. JSTOR 24331408. Havlin, Shlomo Zalman (1986). "The Aramaic...
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