Hebrew
Ancient Semitic language
Hebrew refers to the ancient Semitic people of Israel and their descendants, or to a member of this group.
More commonly now, Hebrew is the Semitic language of this people—the language of the Hebrew Bible and, revived in the 19th and 20th centuries, the official language of modern Israel.
As an adjective: Hebrew scriptures, the Hebrew alphabet.
The people are now usually called Jews; Hebrew for the people sounds dated or biblical.
Jewish house of worship
- rabbiJewish spiritual leader
- cantorLiturgical music leader
- prayerAddress to deity
- TalmudRabbinic law compilation
Shabbat · Yom Kippur · Rosh Hashanah · Passover · Sukkot · Hanukkah · mitzvah · siddur
Religion following Mosaic law
- JerusalemTriply sacred ancient capital
- DiasporaJewish exile from Israel
- AshkenaziJews of European descent
- SephardiJew of Iberian descent
Yiddish · Ladino · kosher · Israel · Zionism · kibbutz · Knesset · Tel Aviv
Judaism's core scripture
- GenesisFirst biblical book
- ExodusMass departure from a place
- LeviticusHebrew scripture of rituals
- DeuteronomyFifth Torah book
Psalms · Proverbs · Isaiah · Jeremiah · Ezekiel · Daniel · Job · Ecclesiastes
Everyday regional speech
- neologismNewly created expression
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- spokenExpressed in words aloud
- colloquialCasual, everyday language
slang · immersion · native speakers · Israel · nationalist · revitalization
Hebrew alphabet's beginning
- heMale subject pronoun
- zayinSeventh Hebrew character
- nunHebrew alphabet's fourteenth
- ayinHebrew alphabet's sixteenth character
qoph · shin · taw · consonantal · script · calligraphy
Ancient Semitic language
- PhoenicianAncient Lebanese seafarer
- CanaaniteAncient Levantine people
- MoabiteAncient Trans-Jordan inhabitant
- AkkadianAncient Semitic Mesopotamian language
Semitic · cuneiform · Dead Sea Scrolls · inscriptions · epigraphy · cognate · Northwest Semitic
synagogue
Jewish house of worship
Talmud · Shabbat · Yom Kippur · Rosh Hashanah · Passover · Sukkot · Hanukkah · mitzvah · siddur · blessing
Judaism
Religion following Mosaic law
- JerusalemTriply sacred ancient capital
- DiasporaJewish exile from Israel
- AshkenaziJews of European descent
Sephardi · Yiddish · Ladino · kosher · Israel · Zionism · kibbutz · Knesset · Tel Aviv · Haifa
Torah
Judaism's core scripture
Deuteronomy · Psalms · Proverbs · Isaiah · Jeremiah · Ezekiel · Daniel · Job · Ecclesiastes · Song of Solomon
vernacular
Everyday regional speech
- neologismNewly created expression
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- spokenExpressed in words aloud
colloquial · slang · immersion · native speakers · Israel · nationalist · revitalization
aleph
Hebrew alphabet's beginning
ayin · qoph · shin · taw · consonantal · script · calligraphy
Aramaic
Ancient Semitic language
- PhoenicianAncient Lebanese seafarer
- CanaaniteAncient Levantine people
- MoabiteAncient Trans-Jordan inhabitant
Akkadian · Semitic · cuneiform · Dead Sea Scrolls · inscriptions · epigraphy · cognate · Northwest Semitic
- languagesEnglish, Arabic, Chinese, German, French
- JudaismShabbat, kosher, Passover, Torah, Hanukkah
- Abrahamic faithsJudaism, Christianity, Islam, Abraham, God
- IsraelIsrael, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Negev
- Israeli culturefalafel, hummus, kibbutz, Tel Aviv, sabra
- Jewish cultureTorah, synagogue, synagogues, rabbi, rabbis
HebrewArabic
Semitic language family member
Aramaic · Yiddish · Akkadian · Phoenician · Amharic
- Hebrew lettersSemitic alphabet characters
- Hebrew alphabetScript for sacred texts
- Hebrew originFrom the Jewish language
- Hebrew monthsDivisions of Jewish calendar
- Hebrew BibleJewish canonical scriptures
- Hebrew schoolJewish religious instruction program