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.

Medan languageOfName Hebrew
Naomi usedIn Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Essenes language Hebrew
Kodashim language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Mishnaic Hebrew
Zimran languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Israeli civil calendar languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Bnei Mikra scripturalLanguage Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
John hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Amoraic period languageUsed Hebrew
this entity surface form: Mishnaic Hebrew
Aleph usedIn Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Resh usedInLanguage Hebrew
Mem blockInUnicode Hebrew
Mem usedInWritingSystem Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Mem usedInWritingSystem Hebrew
this entity surface form: Modern Hebrew
Acharonim language Hebrew
Judeo-Iranian languages influencedBy Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Nehushta languageOfName Hebrew
Haketia influencedBy Hebrew
Gezerot languageOfTerm Hebrew
Today’s English Version translatedFrom Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Reuben languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Jacob's ladder languageOfPrimaryText Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Laban languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Habakkuk language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Asher languageOfName Hebrew
Josiah languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Elia languageOfUse Hebrew
Tannaim languageOfTeaching Hebrew
this entity surface form: Mishnaic Hebrew
Tannaim etymologyLanguage Hebrew
this entity surface form: Mishnaic Hebrew
Joachim hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Elisa hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Herodian language Hebrew
Levy hasLanguageOfOrigin Hebrew
Mary hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Perizzites nameForm Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew: פְּרִזִּי (Perizzi)
Gimel usedInLanguage Hebrew
Peretz languageOfOrigin Hebrew
Priestly code language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew