Search results for "Hebrew language" - New World Encyclopedia
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- In the biblical story of Samson, it is a temple of Dagon which the ... Dagon's name appears in Hebrew as דגון (transcribed Dagon ...11 KB (1,786 words) - 07:45, 12 January 2024
- means "fiery" or "burning" in Hebrew. Shortly later he was ordained a hierodeacon. He was ordained again in 1793, this time as a ...6 KB (862 words) - 09:54, 26 January 2023
- . He is said to have learned to read Hebrew by age three, and by five ... a grant to travel to Italy to examine the Hebrew manuscripts in the great ...13 KB (1,934 words) - 01:02, 4 February 2023
- most notably the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the Hebrew ... in founding the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (today called ...16 KB (2,521 words) - 18:59, 7 March 2024
- The Book of Ruth (Hebrew: מגילת רות, Megilat Rut, "the ... Later Naomi plans to find a new husband for Ruth. According to Hebrew ...10 KB (1,594 words) - 00:40, 19 November 2023
- The menorah (Hebrew: מנורה) is a sacred candelabrum used in Jewish ... Yehuda's wife, the reviver of the Hebrew language. ...10 KB (1,529 words) - 16:09, 9 November 2022
- works of Greek and Arabic scholarship into Hebrew, making them accessible to ... to translate Aristotle and Averroes into Hebrew. He also produced the first ...21 KB (3,070 words) - 03:04, 23 December 2022
- Habakkuk or Havakuk (Hebrew: חֲבַקּוּק, Standard ... ) was a prophet in the Hebrew Bible. He was the eighth of the twelve ...13 KB (2,086 words) - 00:31, 30 July 2023
- in the Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible and later included ... YHWH!!"—Exodus ch. 15:11). In Hebrew, the first letters of this ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 06:32, 13 June 2023
- ability, and learned Latin, Greek, and Hebrew languages. After being home ... published his next Britannica article, Hebrew Language and Literature, in which ...12 KB (1,721 words) - 10:46, 12 May 2023
- the earliest known reference to the Hebrew god Yahweh as the national ... With very few variations, the Moabite language of the inscription ...13 KB (2,054 words) - 16:16, 9 November 2022
- of the skull") is the English-language name given to the hill on ... of the Skull, which is called in 'Hebrew' Golgotha. (John 19:17) ...7 KB (1,139 words) - 18:36, 25 November 2023
- often referred to the The Gra—from the Hebrew acronym "Gaon Rabbi ... to translate the works of Euclid into Hebrew. After his death, his primary ...13 KB (1,989 words) - 16:13, 13 February 2024
- Saadia Ben Joseph Gaon (882-942 C.E.), (Hebrew:סעדיה בן יוסף ... Bible. Their intense interest in the Hebrew language and interpretation of ...22 KB (3,468 words) - 18:29, 22 December 2022
- necessitated the study of the ancient Hebrew language in which the Tanakh ... to develop the study of the Hebrew language. He also launched a ...17 KB (2,623 words) - 07:10, 5 October 2022
- for Krochmal's own Guide, and other Hebrew literature and Hebrew philosophical ... He was not a prolific writer. Besides some Hebrew essays in periodicals ...11 KB (1,697 words) - 22:59, 10 November 2022
- The mezuzah must be handwritten in Hebrew on a special parchment, which ... The rendering of the Hebrew text on the scroll is a matter requiring ...13 KB (2,058 words) - 16:32, 9 November 2022
- of Europe, because of the accessibility, language, knowledge and methods that ... practicing and condemning necromancy. The language, execution and format of ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 16:08, 11 November 2022
- In Jewish folklore, a golem (from the Hebrew "gelem" ((גלם ... Emet (אמת, 'truth' in the Hebrew language) on the forehead was ...13 KB (2,171 words) - 11:55, 24 January 2023
- often used as an exact translation of the Hebrew phrase Sifrut Hazal (ספרות ... Midrash (pl. Midrashim) is a Hebrew word referring to a method of ...11 KB (1,477 words) - 16:16, 7 December 2022
