Search results for "Biblical Hebrew" - New World Encyclopedia
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- of the Skull, which is called in 'Hebrew' Golgotha. (John 19:17) misleadingly labels the name as 'Hebrew', indicating the 'language ...7 KB (1,139 words) - 18:36, 25 November 2023
- that is part of the Catholic and Orthodox biblical canon, pronounced canonical ... the history of the period from extra-Biblical sources but Roman Catholic ...8 KB (1,317 words) - 15:33, 30 January 2024
- the first, middle, and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet. ... The Hebrew for Truth is Emet. It is composed of three letters: Aleph ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- famous for its shrine. According to the biblical account, altars were established ... the subject of intense criticism by the biblical writers. The prophets condemned ...13 KB (2,035 words) - 10:23, 4 March 2023
- and its laws, but reject the rest of the Hebrew Bible. In the Bible, the ... alphabet, which differs from the biblical Hebrew alphabet. It is considered ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 22:25, 26 September 2023
- (Hebrew בעל זבוב, with numerous variants--in addition to Beelzebub ... The oldest biblical source of the name Ba‘al Zebûb is a story in ...11 KB (1,702 words) - 10:24, 26 September 2023
- In the Hebrew Bible, Jethro (Hebrew: יִתְרוֹ, Yitro; "His ... Exodus. There, he offered sacrifice to the Hebrew God Yahweh and hosted a sacrificial ...13 KB (2,051 words) - 02:58, 1 August 2022
- The Jordan River (Arabic: Nahr Al-Urdun; Hebrew: Ha-Yarden River) ... references to the Jordan in both the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, yet ...11 KB (1,805 words) - 06:19, 6 May 2024
- The Cave of the Patriarchs (Hebrew: מערת המכפלה, Me'arat ... that the site is the burial place of four biblical couples: (1) Adam and Eve; ...15 KB (2,391 words) - 16:20, 3 December 2023
- Midrash (מדרש; plural midrashim) is a Hebrew word referring to the exposition, or exegesis, of a biblical text. The term can also refer to ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 17:34, 9 November 2022
- Rehoboam (Hebrew: רחבעם, Rehav'am) was a king in ancient ... at Karnak in Egypt confirms part of biblical account of Rehoboam's reign. ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 19:23, 23 June 2023
- by the sole reliance on the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) as scripture, and ... a marker for the first season of the Biblical Hebrew calendar, because it ...17 KB (2,623 words) - 07:10, 5 October 2022
- Jericho (Arabic أريحا, ʼArīḥā; Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ, ... the archeological record confirms the Biblical story of the Battle of Jericho ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:27, 1 August 2022
- The mezuzah must be handwritten in Hebrew on a special parchment, which ... The wording on the mezuzah's parchment consists of the two Biblical ...13 KB (2,058 words) - 16:32, 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
- Asherah (Hebrew אשרה), also spelled Ashera, was a major northwest ... prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel. Other biblical references to "Asherah ...14 KB (2,179 words) - 04:03, 18 August 2023
- Judah's most effective rulers, the biblical writers indicate that "his ... the age of sixteen (2 Kings 14:21). The biblical writers give him a fairly ...10 KB (1,704 words) - 22:57, 13 November 2022
- A cherub (Hebrew: כרוב, plural כרובים kruvim) is a supernatural ... most English speakers are unfamiliar with Hebrew plural formation, the word ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 18:30, 8 December 2023
- Haggai (Hebrew: חַגַּי, Ḥaggay or "Hag-i") was one ... #039;s name appears to be derived from the Hebrew stem (hgg), which "means ...12 KB (1,877 words) - 10:18, 2 March 2024
- who attempted to reconcile the Hebrew Scriptures with Greek thought ... Anatolius, and Eusebius. The earliest biblical reference to Aristobulus ...7 KB (1,086 words) - 06:27, 12 August 2023
