Hebrew

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Afroasiatic language Northwest Semitic language Semitic language language liturgical language official language revived language sacred language

Hebrew is an ancient Northwest Semitic language that became the liturgical and historical language of the Jewish people and was later revived as the modern spoken language of the State of Israel.

Aliases (13)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Afroasiatic language → Northwest Semitic language → Semitic language → language → liturgical language → official language → revived language → sacred language →
closelyRelatedTo	Aramaic → Moabite → Phoenician →
directionOfWriting	right-to-left →
hasCantillationSystem	te'amim →
hasForm	Biblical Hebrew → Medieval Hebrew → Mishnaic Hebrew → Modern Hebrew →
hasMorphologicalFeature	root-and-pattern morphology → triconsonantal roots →
hasPhonologicalFeature	emphatic consonants → guttural consonants →
hasVowelNotationSystem	niqqud →
historicalPeriod	ancient language →
iso639-1Code	he →
iso639-2Code	heb →
iso639-3Code	heb →
languageBranch	Semitic →
languageFamily	Afroasiatic →
languageGroup	Canaanite →
languageSubbranch	Northwest Semitic →
liturgicalLanguageOf	Judaism →
nativeName	עברית →
officialLanguageOf	Israel → State of Israel →
primaryCountry	Israel →
primaryReligionAssociated	Judaism →
primaryScript	Hebrew script →
revivalPeriod	early 20th century → late 19th century →
sacredLanguageOf	Jewish people →
standardRegulator	Academy of the Hebrew Language →
subclassOf	Canaanite language →
usedBy	Israeli population → Jewish people →
usedInText	Hebrew Bible → Jewish liturgy → Mishnah → Tanakh →
writingSystem	Hebrew alphabet → square script →
writingSystemDevelopedFrom	Phoenician alphabet →

Referenced by (173)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1 Samuel ("Biblical Hebrew") → 2 Samuel ("Biblical Hebrew") → Acharonim → Al Chet → Ancient Israel → Bahir → Betar youth movement → Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia ("Biblical Hebrew") → Book of 2 Kings ("Biblical Hebrew") → Book of Genesis ("Biblical Hebrew") → Book of Jonah ("Biblical Hebrew") → Book of Judges ("Biblical Hebrew") → Book of Numbers ("Biblical Hebrew") → Chronicles ("Biblical Hebrew") → Essenes → Esther → Ezra–Nehemiah ("Biblical Hebrew") → Habakkuk ("Biblical Hebrew") → Havdalah ceremony → Herodian → Italkim → Ketuvim ("Biblical Hebrew") → Kodashim ("Mishnaic Hebrew") → Lamentations ("Biblical Hebrew") → Leviticus 23:26–32 ("Biblical Hebrew") → Mishnah ("Mishnaic Hebrew") → Oslo Accords → Priestly code ("Biblical Hebrew") → Prophetic Books ("Biblical Hebrew") → Prophets ("Biblical Hebrew") → Psalm 90 ("Biblical Hebrew") → Second Isaiah ("Biblical Hebrew") → Song of Moses ("Biblical Hebrew") → Tannaitic period ("Mishnaic Hebrew") → Tevet → The Twelve ("Biblical Hebrew") → The Twelve Minor Prophets ("Biblical Hebrew") → Tribe of Levi ("Biblical Hebrew") → Tzimtzum →	language
Adar I → Asher → Elul → Marḥeshvan → Medan → Midian → Nehushta → Plains of Moab → Purim → Shekhinah → Shuah →	languageOfName
Abigail ("Hebrew language") → Bettina ("Hebrew language") → Elisa ("Hebrew language") → Eva ("Hebrew language") → Joachim ("Hebrew language") → John ("Hebrew language") → Mary ("Hebrew language") → Nancy ("Hebrew language") → Rebecca ("Hebrew language") →	hasOrigin
Bathsheba ("Biblical Hebrew") → Gilead ("Biblical Hebrew") → Israeli civil calendar ("Hebrew language") → Josiah ("Biblical Hebrew") → Laban ("Biblical Hebrew") → Reuben ("Biblical Hebrew") → Tree of Life (Kabbalah) → Zimran ("Biblical Hebrew") →	languageContext
Book of Ruth ("Biblical Hebrew") → Contemporary Judaism → Jubilees ("Hebrew (Qumran fragments)") → Semitic languages → Tobit → Tosefta ("Mishnaic Hebrew") →	hasLanguage
Immanuel → Levy → Marks → Moskovitz →	hasLanguageOfOrigin
Northwest Semitic ("Biblical Hebrew") → Northwest Semitic ("Samaritan Hebrew") → Northwest Semitic ("Old Hebrew") → Northwest Semitic ("Modern Hebrew") →	hasMember
Haketia → Judeo-Iranian languages ("Hebrew language") → Judeo-Italian → Judeo-Roman →	influencedBy
Ayin → Gimel → Resh → Rubin →	usedInLanguage
Gavril → Giacomo → Gábor →	etymologicalOriginLanguage
Northwest Semitic → Northwest Semitic ("Modern Hebrew") → Northwest Semitic ("Samaritan Hebrew") →	hasDescendant
Hebrew ("Biblical Hebrew") → Hebrew ("Medieval Hebrew") → Hebrew ("Modern Hebrew") →	hasForm
Bat Yam → Tverya → Yokneam Illit →	hasOfficialLanguage
Afroasiatic languages → Central Semitic languages ("Biblical Hebrew") → Central Semitic languages ("Modern Hebrew") →	includesLanguage
Akedah → Gezerot → Kashrut →	languageOfTerm
Bnei Mikra ("Biblical Hebrew") → Decalogue ("Biblical Hebrew") → Isaac ("Biblical Hebrew") →	scripturalLanguage
Gilead → Tannaim ("Mishnaic Hebrew") →	etymologyLanguage
Abram → Peretz →	languageOfOrigin
Jacob's ladder ("Biblical Hebrew") → Ten Plagues of Egypt ("Biblical Hebrew") →	languageOfPrimaryText
Amoraic period ("Mishnaic Hebrew") → Haredi Jews →	languageUsed
Israel → Lod →	officialLanguage
Judeo-Arabic ("Modern Hebrew") → Judeo-Arabic ("Israeli Hebrew") →	shiftedTo
Aleph ("Hebrew language") → Naomi ("Hebrew language") →	usedIn
Mem ("Biblical Hebrew") → Mem ("Modern Hebrew") →	usedInWritingSystem
Mem →	blockInUnicode
Ammonite ("Biblical Hebrew") →	closeTo
Palestinian Jews ("Mishnaic Hebrew") →	developed
Eli ("Biblical Hebrew") →	etymologicalRoot
Afroasiatic languages ("Biblical Hebrew") →	hasAncientMember
Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) →	hasInfluenceFrom
Israel Standard Time →	hasLanguageContext
Samuel →	hasLanguageForm
Llanito →	hasLanguageInfluence
Judaism →	hasLanguageOfScripture
Haketia →	hasLexicalInfluenceFrom
Judezmo →	hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom
Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora →	hasLiturgicalLanguage
Tverya ("Tverya (Hebrew)") →	hasNameInLanguage
Eli →	hasOriginLanguage
Eddie Izzard →	hasPerformedInLanguage
Yiddish →	hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom
Wikiversity →	hasVersionInLanguage
Aramaic →	influenced
David →	isUsedInLanguage
Lehi →	languageOfCommunication
Historical Books (Christian canon) ("Biblical Hebrew") →	languageOfComposition
Korah ("Biblical Hebrew") →	languageOfPrimarySources
First fruits (Bikkurim) ("Biblical Hebrew") →	languageOfRitual
Beit midrash →	languageOfStudy
Tannaim ("Mishnaic Hebrew") →	languageOfTeaching
Elia →	languageOfUse
Ahad Ha'am →	languageOfWorkOrName
Idumea →	laterLanguageSpoken
Judeo-Tat →	lexicalInfluence
Mountain Jews →	modernSpokenLanguage
Israel Border Police →	mottoLanguage
Perizzites ("Hebrew: פְּרִזִּי (Perizzi)") →	nameForm
Edomite ("Biblical Hebrew") →	neighboringLanguage
Academy of the Hebrew Language ("Modern Hebrew") →	officialLanguageRegulated
Five Books of Moses ("Biblical Hebrew") →	originalLanguage
Moses ("Biblical Hebrew") →	primaryLanguageContext
Hebrews ("ʿIvri") →	selfDesignation
Hebrews ("Biblical Hebrew") →	selfDesignationLanguage
Moabite ("Biblical Hebrew") →	sharesIsoglossWith
Luther Bible ("Biblical Hebrew") →	sourceLanguage
Syrian Jews →	traditionalLiturgicalLanguage
Today’s English Version ("Biblical Hebrew") →	translatedFrom
New American Bible ("Biblical Hebrew") →	translationFrom
Palestinian Jews ("Hebrew (Ivri)") →	usedDemonym
Hebrew alphabet →	usedForLanguage
Ashkenazi cursive Hebrew ("Hebrew language") →	writingSystemOf