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.

1 Kings language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Tamar languageOfName Hebrew
Abner languageOfSources Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Capture of Jerusalem languageOfPrimarySources Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Absalom’s revenge on Amnon languageOfPrimaryText Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Death of Absalom languageOfPrimaryText Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Sheba’s rebellion languageOfPrimaryText Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Boaz nameLanguage Hebrew
Cohen hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Deborah languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Deuterocanonical books language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Five Megillot language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Vanity of vanities; all is vanity sourceLanguage Hebrew
subject surface form: "Vanity of vanities; all is vanity"
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Leviticus 16 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Merab languageOfName Hebrew
Rehovot officialLanguage Hebrew
Judeo-Tajik containsLoanwordsFrom Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Avgad hasLanguage Hebrew
Malachi language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Elisabeth hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Mishnah Berakhot language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Mishnaic Hebrew
Miquel hasOrigin Hebrew
Rabbi Yehuda ben Ilai language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Mishnaic Hebrew
Ehud languageOfPrimarySources Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
battle of Ai languageOfPrimarySource Hebrew
subject surface form: Battle of Ai
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
observed in some Christian calendars under form Rebecca hasOrigin Hebrew
subject surface form: Rebecca
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Delilah languageNameForm Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew: דְּלִילָה (Dəlīlāh)
Mozarabic language usedAlongside Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Hiram hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Hiram usedIn Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Tarshish languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Ithream languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Sephiroth languageOfName Hebrew
Ehud Kalai language Hebrew
Rafael hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Ahaziah languageOfRecord Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Emmanuel hasLanguageOfOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Joshua hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Toby hasEtymologicalOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew Toviyyah
Avi languageOfOrigin Hebrew
Levin hasLanguageOfOrigin Hebrew
Akiva languageOfOrigin Hebrew
Dana usedInLanguage Hebrew
sons of Heth languageOfSource Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Psalm 74 language Hebrew
Psalm 77 language Hebrew