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.

Sharon etymologyLanguage Hebrew
Roi hasLanguageUsage Hebrew
Hebrew כָּלֵב (Kalev) usedInLanguage Hebrew
subject surface form: כָּלֵב
this entity surface form: Modern Hebrew
Hebrew כָּלֵב (Kalev) usedInLanguage Hebrew
subject surface form: כָּלֵב
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Gabriella hasLanguageOfUse Hebrew
Ezekiel 39 hasLanguage Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Agagite languageOfOrigin Hebrew
Hilkiah languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Hardal languageOfDiscourse Hebrew
Sasson languageOfOrigin Hebrew
Abjad typicalLanguages Hebrew
Hebr usedForWriting Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Hebr hasAlias Hebrew
Rav Ashi language Hebrew
Cush languageOfText Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Gomer languageContext Hebrew
Jewish Israelis languageOftenSpoken Hebrew
this entity surface form: Modern Hebrew
Jewish Israelis languageOftenSpoken Hebrew
this entity surface form: Israeli Hebrew
Yakhin hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Hakitia hasInfluenceFrom Hebrew
Habakkuk 2:4 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Children of Jacob languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Deuteronomy 8:10 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Genesis 4 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Guni languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Peraea language Hebrew
Puah languageOfName Hebrew
Ne’ilah languageOfName Hebrew
Golomb languageOfName Hebrew
Psalm 145 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Merari languageOfName Hebrew
Psalm 97 language Hebrew
Genesis 37 languageOfOriginalText Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Genesis 46 languageOfWork Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Geulah languageOfOrigin Hebrew
Einat usedInLanguage Hebrew
this entity surface form: Modern Hebrew
Bible of Kralice originalLanguageOfTranslation Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Aharon languageOfOrigin Hebrew
Zisling languageOfOrigin Hebrew
Benjamin hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Yaël etymologicalOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Korah scripturalLanguage Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Nesher officialLanguage Hebrew