Hebrew

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language
Northwest Semitic language
Semitic language
language
liturgical language
official language
revived language
sacred language
closelyRelatedTo Aramaic
Moabite
Phoenician civilization
surface form: Phoenician
directionOfWriting right-to-left
hasCantillationSystem te'amim
hasForm Hebrew self-linksurface differs
surface form: Biblical Hebrew

Hebrew self-linksurface differs
surface form: Medieval Hebrew

Mishnaic Hebrew
Hebrew self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
Israel
surface form: State of Israel
primaryCountry Israel
primaryReligionAssociated Judaism
primaryScript Hebrew script
revivalPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
sacredLanguageOf Jews
surface form: Jewish people
standardRegulator Academy of the Hebrew Language
subclassOf Semitic languages
surface form: Canaanite language
usedBy Israeli population
Jews
surface form: Jewish people
usedInText Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Jewish liturgy
Mishnah
Tanakh
writingSystem Hebrew alphabet
square script
writingSystemDevelopedFrom Phoenician alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Genesis 38 languageOfOriginalText Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Genesis 41 primaryLanguage Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Genesis 49 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Joshua’s farewell speeches languageOfOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Ai languageOfPrimarySources Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Ethan hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Zorah languageOfName Hebrew
Ziklag area languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Joshua languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Ayelet etymologicalRootLanguage Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
HEBREW LETTER AYIN usedIn Hebrew
subject surface form: Hebrew letter Ayin
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
HEBREW LETTER AYIN usedIn Hebrew
subject surface form: Hebrew letter Ayin
this entity surface form: Modern Hebrew
Deuteronomy 33:12 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Dok languageOfName Hebrew
Kibbutz Artzi language Hebrew
Meretz hasLanguage Hebrew
Bergelson languageOfOrigin Hebrew