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The word IVRIT ("Hebrew") written in modern Hebrew language (top) and in Paleo-Hebrew alphabet (bottom) Hebrew ( Hebrew alphabet: עִבְרִית , ʿĪvrīt, pronounced [ ivˈʁit ] ⓘ or [ ʕivˈriθ ] ⓘ; Samaritan script: ࠏࠨࠁࠬࠓࠪࠉࠕʿÎbrit) is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family.
- Modern Hebrew
Modern Hebrew is considered to be a koiné language based on...
- Biblical Hebrew
Biblical Hebrew (עִבְרִית מִקְרָאִית (Ivrit Miqra'it) ⓘ or...
- Northwest Semitic Language
Northwest Semitic is a division of the Semitic languages...
- Samaritans
The Samaritans (/ s ə ˈ m ær ɪ t ən z /; Samaritan Hebrew:...
- Afroasiatic
The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic, sometimes...
- Paleo-Hebrew Alphabet
The Paleo-Hebrew and Phoenician alphabets developed in the...
- Medieval Hebrew
Medieval Hebrew was a literary and liturgical language that...
- Land of Israel
Etymology and biblical roots 1916 map of the Fertile...
- Israelites
The Israelites (/ ˈ ɪ z r ə l aɪ t s,-r i ə-/; Hebrew:...
- Modern Hebrew
Modern Hebrew is considered to be a koiné language based on historical layers of Hebrew that incorporates foreign elements, mainly those introduced during the most critical revival period between 1880 and 1920, as well as new elements created by speakers through natural linguistic evolution.
Hebrew language, Semitic language of the Northern Central group. Spoken in ancient times in Palestine, Hebrew was supplanted by the western dialect of Aramaic beginning about the 3rd century BCE. It was revived as a spoken language in the 19th and 20th centuries and is the official language of Israel.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hebrew is the language of Jewish people around the world, an official language of Israel and n linguistics a Semitic language. Many Jewish people speak English and also speak Hebrew, as Hebrew is part of Judaism. It was first spoken in Israel. It was spoken by Israelites a long time ago, during the time of the Bible.
Modern Hebrew ( Hebrew: עברית חדשה) is the standard form of the Hebrew language spoken today. It is the official language of Israel, where it is used in government, education, and daily life. The roots of Modern Hebrew can be traced back to ancient Hebrew, which was used in the Bible and other religious texts.
Hebrew Wikipedia (Hebrew: ויקיפדיה העברית, IPA: [vikiˈpedja ha(ʔ)ivˈʁit]) is the Hebrew language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started on 8 July 2003 and contains more than 355,000 articles as of May 2024.
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 and Samaritanism.
