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.

Historical Books (Christian canon) languageOfComposition Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Akedah languageOfTerm Hebrew
Ashkenazi cursive Hebrew writingSystemOf Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Jubilees hasLanguage Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew (Qumran fragments)
Tannaitic period language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Mishnaic Hebrew
Korah languageOfPrimarySources Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Psalm 90 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Tribe of Levi language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Abram languageOfOrigin Hebrew
Gilead languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Gilead etymologyLanguage Hebrew
Marks hasLanguageOfOrigin Hebrew
Eli hasOriginLanguage Hebrew
Eli etymologicalRoot Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Ayin usedInLanguage Hebrew
Book of 2 Kings language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Lod officialLanguage Hebrew
Eva hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Daniel hasOrigin Hebrew
Daniel usedInLanguage Hebrew
prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible languageOfSources Hebrew
subject surface form: Samuel
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Bnei Brak officialLanguage Hebrew
Shfar'am officialLanguage Hebrew
Afula languageUsed Hebrew
Modern Hebrew literature language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Modern Hebrew
BHS language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Song of Deborah language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Ibzan languageOfPrimarySources Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Creation of the world languageOfEarliestText Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Call of Abraham scripturalLanguageOriginal Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Stories of Jacob hasLanguage Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Primeval history languageOfWork Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Patriarchs of Israel languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Hosea 11:1 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Ahab sourceTextLanguage Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Amnon languageOfPrimarySources Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Deuteronomistic history language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Ein Sof hasLanguage Hebrew
Atbash category Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Beriah languageContext Hebrew
Deuteronomy 11:13–21 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
David and Goliath languageOfOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Atzilut languageOfName Hebrew
Names of God in Judaism language Hebrew
subject surface form: Elohim