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.

Ramah hasLanguageOfSources Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Sheetrit hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Genesis 29 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Leib usedInLanguage Hebrew
Hivites ethnonymLanguage Hebrew
Greater Israel hasLanguage Hebrew
Hadár language Hebrew
Susanna hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Mount Seir languageOfPrimarySources Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Maki languageOfName Hebrew
Rakah languageOfActivity Hebrew
Hadash languageOfName Hebrew
Semitic peoples historicallySpoke Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Semitic peoples currentlySpeak Hebrew
this entity surface form: Modern Hebrew
Abba Arikha languageOfWork Hebrew
Lazar hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Noahic covenant languageOfText Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Micah 6:8 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Moresheth languageOfName Hebrew
Yoel hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Yoel hasUsage Hebrew
STaM (Torah scroll script) language Hebrew
subject surface form: STaM
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Elah (as named in the biblical text) languageOfName Hebrew
subject surface form: Elah
Spanyolit influencedBy Hebrew
Song of the Sea hasLanguage Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Psalm 106 language Hebrew
women of Israel languageOfSources Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Aaronites language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Ar of Moab languageOfPrimarySources Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Nebo languageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Heshbon languageOfPrimarySources Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Shem languageOfName Hebrew
Kal va-chomer language Hebrew
Psalm 136 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Gershon languageOfName Hebrew
Medeba hasLanguageContext Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Masoretic Text language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Omer hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Jessica hasOrigin Hebrew
this entity surface form: Hebrew language
Luria languageOfOrigin Hebrew
Deuteronomy 33:23 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Genesis 5 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Genesis 27 language Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew
Genesis 30 languageOfOriginalText Hebrew
this entity surface form: Biblical Hebrew