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Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and remained in regular use as a first language until after 200 CE and as the liturgical language of Judaism (since the Second Temple period) and Samaritanism. The language was revived as a…

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Dialects
Israelian †
Early forms
Mishnaic Hebrew Medieval Hebrew · Medieval Hebrew
Ethnicity
Jews · Samaritans
Extinct
Mishnaic Hebrew extinct as a spoken language by the 5th century CE, surviving as a liturgical language along with Biblical Hebrew for Judaism
Glottolog
hebr1246
ISO 639-1
he

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Liturgical use in Judaism

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Hebrew language

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Avg. degree1.99
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Hebrew language

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related to Syntax · 20
Hebrew language → Bar Kokhba, Biblical Hebrew, David Ben-Gurion, English, For, Former Israeli Prime Minister, He, Hebrew, However, In, In Hebrew, Like, Many Hebrew, Negative, The, The English, This, Though, Thus, VSO
related to External links · 12
Hebrew language → Academy, AustinHebrew Basic Course, Encyclopædia BritannicaOfficial, Foreign Service Institute, Hebrew LanguageHebrew, Hebrew-English, IsraelHebrew, Morfix, National Library, Official, Texas, University
related to Morphology · 12
Hebrew language → Biblical, Hebrew, Letters, Like, Nakhim, Otiyot HaShimush, Resting, Semitic, Some, Such, These, Use
Standard forms · 9
Hebrew language → Babylonian, Italki, Mizrahi, Modern, Palestinian, Samaritan, Sephardi, Tiberian, Yemenite
Language family · 7
Hebrew language → CanaaniteSouthHebrew, CentralNorthwestCanaaniteSouthHebrew, Hebrew, NorthwestCanaaniteSouthHebrew, SemiticWestCentralNorthwestCanaaniteSouthHebrew, SouthHebrew, WestCentralNorthwestCanaaniteSouthHebrew
see also · 7
Hebrew language → English, EnglishHebrew, Hebrew, HebrewStudy, Israel, List, Persian
Writing system · 5
Hebrew language → Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew Braille, Imperial Aramaic script (Late Biblical Hebrew), Paleo-Hebrew alphabet (Archaic Biblical Hebrew), Samaritan script (Samaritan Biblical Hebrew)
Early forms · 2
Hebrew language → Medieval Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew Medieval Hebrew
Ethnicity · 2
Hebrew language → Jews, Samaritans
Recognised minority language in · 2
Hebrew language → South Africa, Turkey

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hebrew language aramaic century spoken jewish israel biblical modern use used also written languages jews bce words ce period arabic

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Hebrew languageDialectsIsraelian †1.00infobox
Hebrew languageEarly formsMishnaic Hebrew Medieval Hebrew1.00infobox
Hebrew languageEarly formsMedieval Hebrew1.00infobox
Hebrew languageEthnicityJews1.00infobox
Hebrew languageEthnicitySamaritans1.00infobox
Hebrew languageExtinctMishnaic Hebrew extinct as a spoken language by the 5th century CE, surviving as a liturgical language along with Biblical Hebrew for Judaism1.00infobox
Hebrew languageGlottologhebr12461.00infobox
Hebrew languageISO 639-1he1.00infobox
Hebrew languageISO 639-2heb1.00infobox
Hebrew languageISO 639-3Variously: heb – Modern Hebrew hbo – Classical Hebrew (liturgical) smp – Samaritan Hebrew (liturgical) obm – Moabite (extinct) xdm – Edomite (extinct)1.00infobox
Hebrew languageLanguage familySemiticWestCentralNorthwestCanaaniteSouthHebrew1.00infobox
Hebrew languageLanguage familyWestCentralNorthwestCanaaniteSouthHebrew1.00infobox
Hebrew languageLanguage familyCentralNorthwestCanaaniteSouthHebrew1.00infobox
Hebrew languageLanguage familyNorthwestCanaaniteSouthHebrew1.00infobox
Hebrew languageLanguage familyCanaaniteSouthHebrew1.00infobox
Hebrew languageLanguage familySouthHebrew1.00infobox
Hebrew languageLanguage familyHebrew1.00infobox
Hebrew languageLinguasphere12-AAB-a1.00infobox
Hebrew languageNative toIsrael1.00infobox
Hebrew languageOfficial language inIsrael (as Modern Hebrew)1.00infobox
Hebrew languagePronunciationModern: [iv⁠ˈʁit][note 1] Tiberian: [ʕiv⁠ˈriθ] Biblical: [ʕib⁠ˈrit]1.00infobox
Hebrew languageRecognised minority language inSouth Africa1.00infobox
Hebrew languageRecognised minority language inTurkey1.00infobox
Hebrew languageRegionSouthern Levant1.00infobox
Hebrew languageRegulated byAcademy of the Hebrew Language1.00infobox
Hebrew languageRevivalRevived in the late 19th century CE. 9 million speakers of Modern Hebrew, of which 5 million are native speakers and 3.3 million are second language speakers (2018)1.00infobox
Hebrew languageSigned formsSigned Hebrew (oral Hebrew accompanied by sign)1.00infobox
Hebrew languageStandard formsModern1.00infobox
Hebrew languageStandard formsSephardi1.00infobox
Hebrew languageStandard formsMizrahi1.00infobox

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