English words for 'The study of the Hebrew language.'
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- (uncountable) The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people.
- the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel
- a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
- (uncountable) The writing system used in Hebrew language.
- (countable) A member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- (countable) A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Eber.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Unintelligible speech or writing.
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- of or relating to the group of Semitic languages
- Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples.
- Of or pertaining to any of the religions which originated among the Semites; Abrahamic.
- Of or pertaining to a subdivision of Afroasiatic Semitic languages: Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Syriac, Akkadian, Hebrew, Maltese, Tigrigna, Phoenician etc.
- (in particular) Of or pertaining to the Israeli, Jewish, or Hebrew people.
- (biblical) Of or pertaining to the descendants of Shem, the eldest of three sons of Noah.
- of or relating to or characteristic of Semites
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- (Judaism) The encompassing philosophy of Judaism.
- (Judaism) The full body of written Jewish law, including the Tanakh, the Talmud, the Mishnah and the midrashic texts.
- (Abrahamism) The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, traditionally attributed to Moses and therefore also known as the Five Books of Moses.
- (Judaism) The whole of Jewish law, both written and unwritten.
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- (Abrahamism) A specially written scroll containing the five books of Moses, such as those used in religious services.
- (Abrahamism) A book containing the five books of Moses.
- (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services
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- relating to or characteristic of Arabs
- (of numerals) Expressed in a script that was developed in Arab lands (but is not always used in the Arabic language): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
- (proscribed, of people) Arab.
- Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour (see also Arab as an adjective).
- Related to the Arabic language.
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- The Aramaic-derived script used to write the Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, and Uyghur languages, among others.
- A major Semitic language originating from the Arabian peninsula, and now spoken natively (in various spoken dialects, all sharing a single highly conservative standardized literary form) throughout large sections of the Middle East and North Africa.
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- (Judaism) Of or relating to the Talmud.
- (by extension) Making extremely fine distinctions in a manner reminiscent of the Talmud; (derogatory) casuistic.
- (history) Of or relating to the era of Jewish history, immediately following the destruction of the Second Temple, during which the Talmud was being compiled (c. 70–500 AD).
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- (linguistics) Initialism of Christian Palestinian Aramaic.
- (nautical, aviation) Initialism of closest point of approach.
- (organic chemistry, pharmacology) Abbreviation of cyproterone acetate.
- (Canada, accounting) Initialism of chartered professional accountant.
- (computer security) Initialism of correlation power analysis.
- (physics) Initialism of chirped-pulse amplification.
- (advertising) Initialism of cost per action.
- (accounting) Initialism of collaboration protocol agreement in ebXML.
- (pathology) Initialism of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.
- (computer security) Initialism of chosen-plaintext attack.
- (US, Philippines, accounting) Initialism of certified public accountant.
- (South Asia) Initialism of crores per annum.
- (chemistry) Abbreviation of copolymer alloy.
- (metascience) Initialism of co-citation proximity analysis.
- an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state
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- The language of Jewish targums, Midrash and the Talmuds, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic.
- Any language of this family today called Neo-Aramaic, and separated by religion also Judeo-Aramaic and Syriac
- The liturgical language of the Mandaeans: usually called Mandaic.
- The liturgical language of various Christian churches: often called Syriac.
- The language of the administration in the Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian empires from the seventh to fourth centuries BC: often called Imperial Aramaic or Official Aramaic.
- The language of the Arameans from the tenth century BC: often called Old Aramaic.
- The language of Jesus of Nazareth: a form of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic or Galilean Aramaic.
- The language of portions of the Hebrew Bible, mainly the books of Ezra and Daniel: often called Biblical Aramaic.
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- (uncountable) The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people.
- the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel
- a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
- (uncountable) The writing system used in Hebrew language.
- (countable) A member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- (countable) A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Eber.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Unintelligible speech or writing.
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- relating to or characteristic of Arabs
- (of numerals) Expressed in a script that was developed in Arab lands (but is not always used in the Arabic language): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
- (proscribed, of people) Arab.
- Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour (see also Arab as an adjective).
- Related to the Arabic language.
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- The Aramaic-derived script used to write the Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, and Uyghur languages, among others.
- A major Semitic language originating from the Arabian peninsula, and now spoken natively (in various spoken dialects, all sharing a single highly conservative standardized literary form) throughout large sections of the Middle East and North Africa.
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- (linguistics) Initialism of Christian Palestinian Aramaic.
- (nautical, aviation) Initialism of closest point of approach.
- (organic chemistry, pharmacology) Abbreviation of cyproterone acetate.
- (Canada, accounting) Initialism of chartered professional accountant.
- (computer security) Initialism of correlation power analysis.
- (physics) Initialism of chirped-pulse amplification.
- (advertising) Initialism of cost per action.
- (accounting) Initialism of collaboration protocol agreement in ebXML.
- (pathology) Initialism of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.
- (computer security) Initialism of chosen-plaintext attack.
- (US, Philippines, accounting) Initialism of certified public accountant.
- (South Asia) Initialism of crores per annum.
- (chemistry) Abbreviation of copolymer alloy.
- (metascience) Initialism of co-citation proximity analysis.
- an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state
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adj
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- (uncountable) The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people.
- the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel
- a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
- (uncountable) The writing system used in Hebrew language.
- (countable) A member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- (countable) A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Eber.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Unintelligible speech or writing.
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- of or relating to the group of Semitic languages
- Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples.
- Of or pertaining to any of the religions which originated among the Semites; Abrahamic.
- Of or pertaining to a subdivision of Afroasiatic Semitic languages: Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Syriac, Akkadian, Hebrew, Maltese, Tigrigna, Phoenician etc.
- (in particular) Of or pertaining to the Israeli, Jewish, or Hebrew people.
- (biblical) Of or pertaining to the descendants of Shem, the eldest of three sons of Noah.
- of or relating to or characteristic of Semites
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- (Judaism) Of or relating to the Talmud.
- (by extension) Making extremely fine distinctions in a manner reminiscent of the Talmud; (derogatory) casuistic.
- (history) Of or relating to the era of Jewish history, immediately following the destruction of the Second Temple, during which the Talmud was being compiled (c. 70–500 AD).