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.

Eilat languageUsed Hebrew
Book of Ruth language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Ozem hasLanguage Hebrew
Proto-Canaanite language ancestorOf Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Moabite language closelyRelatedTo Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Moabite language sharesLexiconWith Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Ammonite language closelyRelatedTo Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
American Standard Version sourceLanguage Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Deuteronomy 16:9–10 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Khuzdul inspiredBy Hebrew
Hebrew poetry language Hebrew
Uzal hasOriginIn Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Rivlin languageOfOrigin Hebrew
Qwara language shiftedTo Hebrew
Gili languageOfOrigin Hebrew
Tamara hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Józef hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
sons of Keturah languageOfPrimarySources Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Dedan languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Genesis 16 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Adbeel languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Mishma languageOfName Hebrew
Jetur languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
נָעֳמִי etymologyLanguage Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
IMPJ hasLanguage Hebrew
Shamir languageOfOrigin Hebrew
Temurah language Hebrew
Priestly family of Zadok language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Genesis 25 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Anne hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Aliyah hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Compendium grammatices linguae hebraeae timePeriodDescribed Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Spinoza’s Hebrew grammar languageOfSubject Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Spinoza’s Hebrew grammar mainSubject Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Spinoza’s Hebrew grammar analyzes Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Golda languageUsed Hebrew
Joanne hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
עַכּוֹ hasLanguage Hebrew
Alana usedInLanguage Hebrew
Genesis 2 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Elias hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Szymon hasOrigin Hebrew
Hobab (in some traditions or identifications) sourceLanguage Hebrew
subject surface form: Hobab
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Sharon hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Sharon usedIn Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language