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
directionOfWriting right-to-left
hasCantillationSystem te'amim
hasForm Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew

Medieval Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew

Mishnaic Hebrew
Modern Hebrew
linked to: 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
State of Israel
linked to: Israel
primaryCountry Israel
primaryReligionAssociated Judaism
primaryScript Hebrew script
revivalPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
sacredLanguageOf Jewish people
linked to: Jews
standardRegulator Academy of the Hebrew Language
subclassOf Canaanite language
linked to: Semitic languages
usedBy Israeli population
Jewish people
linked to: Jews
usedInText Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

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.

Judeo-Arabic shiftedTo Modern Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic shiftedTo Israeli Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
Kashrut languageOfTerm Hebrew
Hebrews selfDesignation ʿIvri
linked to: Hebrew
Hebrews selfDesignationLanguage Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
Prophetic Books language Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
Prophets language Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
Rebecca hasOrigin Hebrew language
linked to: Hebrew
Ketuvim language Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
Hebrew hasForm Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
Hebrew hasForm Medieval Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
Hebrew hasForm Modern Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
Central Semitic languages includesLanguage Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
Central Semitic languages includesLanguage Modern Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
Israel officialLanguage Hebrew
Judeo-Italian influencedBy Hebrew
Luther Bible sourceLanguage Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
Judeo-Tat lexicalInfluence Hebrew
Mishnah language Mishnaic Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
Purim languageOfName Hebrew
Adar I languageOfName Hebrew
Moses primaryLanguageContext Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
Havdalah ceremony language Hebrew
Second Isaiah language Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
Lamentations language Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
Ezra–Nehemiah language Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
Afroasiatic languages hasAncientMember Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
Elul languageOfName Hebrew
Isaac scripturalLanguage Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
Haredi Jews languageUsed Hebrew
Samuel hasLanguageForm Hebrew
Tverya hasOfficialLanguage Hebrew
Tverya hasNameInLanguage Tverya (Hebrew)
linked to: Hebrew
Tzimtzum language Hebrew
Shekhinah languageOfName Hebrew
Book of Genesis language Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
Aramaic influenced Hebrew
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia language Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
Book of Judges language Biblical Hebrew
subject linked to: Judges
linked to: Hebrew
1 Samuel language Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew