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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Referenced by (467)

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

2 Samuel language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Ruth hasLanguage Hebrew
subject surface form: Book of Ruth
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Chronicles language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
The Twelve Minor Prophets language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Esther language Hebrew
Tree of Life languageContext Hebrew
subject surface form: Tree of Life (Kabbalah)
ten plagues of Egypt languageOfPrimaryText Hebrew
subject surface form: Ten Plagues of Egypt
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Decalogue scripturalLanguage Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
NAB translationFrom Hebrew
subject surface form: New American Bible
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Idumea laterLanguageSpoken Hebrew
Tobit hasLanguage Hebrew
The Twelve language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Book of Jonah language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Nancy hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Bahir language Hebrew
Leviticus 23:26–32 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Moabite sharesIsoglossWith Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Northwest Semitic hasMember Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Northwest Semitic hasMember Hebrew
this entity surface form: Samaritan Hebrew
Northwest Semitic hasMember Hebrew
this entity surface form: Old Hebrew
Northwest Semitic hasMember Hebrew
this entity surface form: Modern Hebrew
Northwest Semitic hasDescendant Hebrew
this entity surface form: Modern Hebrew
Northwest Semitic hasDescendant Hebrew
this entity surface form: Samaritan Hebrew
Academy of the Hebrew Language officialLanguageRegulated Hebrew
this entity surface form: Modern Hebrew
Tevet language Hebrew
Edomite neighboringLanguage Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Song of Moses language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Al Chet language Hebrew
Abigail hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Oslo Accords language Hebrew
Ammonite closeTo Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Bathsheba languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
David isUsedInLanguage Hebrew
Bettina hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Palestinian Jews developed Hebrew
this entity surface form: Mishnaic Hebrew
Palestinian Jews usedDemonym Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew (Ivri)
Judeo-Roman influencedBy Hebrew
Book of Numbers language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Ancient Israel language Hebrew
Five Books of Moses originalLanguage Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
First fruits (Bikkurim) languageOfRitual Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Rubin usedInLanguage Hebrew
Italkim language Hebrew
Midian languageOfName Hebrew
Shuah languageOfName Hebrew
Tosefta hasLanguage Hebrew
this entity surface form: Mishnaic Hebrew