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- The Gemara (also Gemorah) ('גמרא' - from gamar: Hebrew ... the Talmud (from gamar גמר,: Hebrew "[to] complete"; ...8 KB (1,227 words) - 06:37, 18 April 2024
- For over a half-millennium, the colloquial language for Palestinian ... Jesus primarily spoke Aramaic, with some Hebrew and Greek. ...7 KB (1,044 words) - 07:15, 13 June 2023
- In Judaism, the term Bar Mitzvah (Hebrew: בר מצוה) refers to ... of the commandment." In Biblical Hebrew, however, the word "bar ...10 KB (1,502 words) - 07:59, 20 September 2023
- Philadelphia Orphan Asylum, and the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society and Hebrew ... local Jewish community. She led a small Hebrew Sunday school for her family ...8 KB (1,118 words) - 01:42, 8 December 2022
- 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
- His prose works, written in the Hebrew language, made accessible to ... expositions of Hebrew grammar in the Hebrew language, in which the system ...14 KB (2,169 words) - 06:29, 14 June 2023
- The word Amen (Hebrew: אמן, meaning "Firm" or "Verily ... Jews usually pronounce the word as it is pronounced in Hebrew: "ah ...6 KB (852 words) - 02:50, 24 July 2023
- Nobel Prize for Literature, was the first Hebrew writer awarded the prize ... quot; is one of the most widely translated Hebrew authors. His stories dealt ...14 KB (2,157 words) - 20:00, 21 April 2023
- Geonim (plural of גאון Gaon) (Hebrew: גאונים meaning "Excellency ... The authority of the Geonim began in 589 C.E. (Hebrew date: 4349) ...8 KB (1,324 words) - 06:54, 18 April 2024
- translation), written in three languages (Hebrew, Latin, and Greek), was affixed ... nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin" ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 20:14, 29 March 2024
- name when in liturgical use. In everyday language, the word Hashem ("The ... * Hoffman, Joel M. In the Beginning A Short History of the Hebrew ...18 KB (2,791 words) - 01:12, 11 November 2022
- Testament (the Septuagint), Aramaic and Hebrew fragments of the book were ... fragmentary texts in Aramaic and one in Hebrew were found at Qumran. ...8 KB (1,317 words) - 15:33, 30 January 2024
- consequently, the lost Hebrew original is thought to have used an ... wives of the patriarchs according to the Hebrew books called Jubilees suggests ...13 KB (2,033 words) - 20:40, 4 October 2022
- The word derives from the Hebrew: גי(א)-הינום Gêhinnôm ... According to the Hebrew Bible, pagans once sacrificed their children ...8 KB (1,334 words) - 06:33, 18 April 2024
- The Tannaim (Hebrew: he|תנאים , singular tmr|תנא ... ) is the Talmudic Aramaic equivalent for the Hebrew root shanah ( ...11 KB (1,610 words) - 04:25, 27 February 2023
- Old Testament but are not present in the Hebrew Bible. The word deuterocanonical ... appear to have been written originally in Hebrew, but the original text has ...14 KB (2,086 words) - 10:09, 29 January 2024
- Shema Yisrael (or Sh'ma Yisroel or just Shema) (Hebrew: שמע ... One God. Due to the ambiguities of the Hebrew language there are multiple ways ...14 KB (2,261 words) - 13:27, 27 January 2023
- gifted linguist (fluent in French, Greek, Hebrew, German, Italian, Latin, ... Tyndale introduced new words into the English language: ...14 KB (2,095 words) - 20:44, 13 May 2023
- first professor of Jewish mysticism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. ... to Walter Benjamin, he put the Hebrew language in a privileged position ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 17:57, 14 December 2023
- Manoel Dias Soeiro (1604 - November 20, 1657), better known by his ... reconcile apparent contradictions in the Hebrew Bible and was one of the ...12 KB (1,865 words) - 06:43, 5 November 2022
- 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
- Gabriel (Hebrew: גַּבְרִיאֵל, or Jibril; Arabic: جبريل; ... The angel Gabriel is first mentioned in the Book of Daniel in the ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 07:35, 15 April 2024
- quot;Ashkenaz" being the Medieval Hebrew name for Germany. They are ... Ashkenaz is a Medieval Hebrew name for Germany. European Jews came ...20 KB (2,890 words) - 04:05, 18 August 2023
- Psalms (Greek: Psalmoi) is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian ... In the Hebrew Bible, the Psalms are counted among the "Writings ...21 KB (3,276 words) - 00:29, 19 November 2023
- The word "Rabbi" is derived from the Hebrew root word רַב ... study, and attendant languages (e.g., Hebrew, Aramaic and in some cases ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 16:07, 7 December 2022
- to the ancient, Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible (often called the ... the Beginning: A Short History of the Hebrew Language, [http://www.newjewishbooks ...32 KB (4,408 words) - 19:48, 21 April 2023
- 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
- Latin, Greek, German, Russian, Japanese, and Hebrew. After his family moved to Myersburg, Pennsylvania, Ward started working with his brother in a ...9 KB (1,301 words) - 22:02, 25 October 2022
- Gideon (Hebrew: גִּדְעוֹן, Gidʻon), also known as Jerubbaal ... deity Baal, while also believing in the Hebrew God Yahweh. ...9 KB (1,479 words) - 22:57, 28 August 2021
- an independent translation from the Hebrew Bible. Resolution of these ... There has even been disagreement about what language Tatian used for ...13 KB (1,861 words) - 11:57, 29 January 2024
- Although the existence of the geniza (a Hebrew word meaning a "hiding ... are placed and heretical or disgraced Hebrew writings are stored so as ...14 KB (2,072 words) - 18:19, 25 November 2023
