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21 hours ago · Biblical Hebrew (עִבְרִית מִקְרָאִית (Ivrit Miqra'it) ⓘ or לְשׁוֹן הַמִּקְרָא (Leshon ha-Miqra) ⓘ), also called Classical Hebrew, is an archaic form of the Hebrew language, a language in the Canaanite branch of Semitic languages spoken by the Israelites in the area known as the Land of Israel, roughly west of the Jordan River and east of the Mediterranean ...
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21 hours ago · According to the Hebrew Bible, Beersheba was founded when Abraham and Abimelech settled their differences over a well of water and made a covenant (see Genesis 21:22–34). Abimelech's men had taken the well from Abraham after he had previously dug it so Abraham brought sheep and cattle to Abimelech to get the well back.
21 hours ago · Jewish Kabbalah is a set of esoteric teachings meant to explain the relationship between the unchanging, eternal God —the mysterious Ein Sof ( אֵין סוֹף, 'The Infinite') [4] [5] —and the mortal, finite universe (God's creation ). [2] [4] It forms the foundation of mystical religious interpretations within Judaism.
21 hours ago · Jericho's name in Modern Hebrew, Yeriẖo, is generally thought to derive from the Canaanite word rēḥ ' fragrant ', but other theories hold that it originates in the Canaanite word Yaraḥ ' moon ' or the name of the lunar deity Yarikh, for whom the city was an early centre of worship.
21 hours ago · Elijah (/ ɪ ˈ l aɪ dʒ ə / il-EYE-jə; Hebrew: אֵלִיָּהוּ, romanized: ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My God is Yahweh /YHWH"; Greek form: Elias /eːˈlias/) was, according to the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible, an Israelite prophet and a miracle worker who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of King Ahab (9th century BC).
21 hours ago · He is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, the Quran and the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Many Christian traditions – including Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Anglicanism – revere Gabriel as a saint. In the Hebrew Bible, Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel to explain his visions (Daniel 8:15–26, 9:21
May 29, 2024 · Jack the Ripper. Jack the Ripper was a 19th-century figure responsible for the deaths of at least five women, but possibly more. While their deaths were genuine historical facts, the person ...
