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)

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Karo languageOfOrigin Hebrew
Obadiah language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Adonijah languageOfPrimarySources Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Torah reading language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Deir Alla dialect relatedTo Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Abijah languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Ephraim languageOfPrimarySources Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Cardo languageOfSignage Hebrew
Simone hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Esti usedInLanguage Hebrew
Jah languageOfOrigin Hebrew
Attai hasLanguageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Mahalath languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Deuteronomy 32:35 languageOfOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Psalm 135 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Baltasar hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Yishuv languageUsed Hebrew
Holon languageOfficial Hebrew
Four Rows hasLanguage Hebrew
Ziza hasLanguageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Begin hasLanguageOfOrigin Hebrew
Menachem isUsedInLanguage Hebrew
this entity surface form: Modern Hebrew
Ehud Olmert languageSpoken Hebrew
Joan hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Ahithophel languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Kfar Saba, Israel hasOfficialLanguage Hebrew
subject surface form: Kfar Saba
Ugaritic language closelyRelatedTo Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Shobab languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew Wikinews language Hebrew
Palestinian Aramaic dialects influencedBy Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Canaanite languages hasPart Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Canaanite languages hasPart Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Canaanite languages influenced Hebrew
this entity surface form: Classical Hebrew
Canaanite languages influenced Hebrew
this entity surface form: Jewish liturgical Hebrew
Edomite language sharesLexiconWith Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Exodus 34 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Karmi languageOfOrigin Hebrew
Ben usedInLanguage Hebrew
Exodus 28 primaryLanguage Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Rachael hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Psalm 114 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Dinah languageOfName Hebrew
Jonatan hasEtymologicalRootLanguage Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew