Biblical Hebrew

proper noun

the archaic form of the Hebrew language, spoken by the Israelites in the area known as Canaan/Israel in the first millennium BC, best-attested in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)

Similar
Classical Hebrew
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. the archaic form of the Hebrew language, spoken by the Israelites in the area known as Canaan/Israel in the first millennium BC, best-attested in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)

    Synonyms: Classical Hebrew

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounthe archaic form of the Hebrew language, spoken by the Israelites in the area known as Canaan/Israel in the first millennium BC, best-attested in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)

Similar
Classical Hebrew
Also see
classical hebrew

Translations

Bulgarian староевре́йски ези́к
  • староевре́йски ези́к (staroevréjski ezík)the archaic form of the Hebrew language — see also Hebrew
Dutch Bijbels Hebreeuws
  • Bijbels Hebreeuwsthe archaic form of the Hebrew language — see also Hebrew
German biblisches Hebräisch, Bibelhebräisch
  • biblisches Hebräischthe archaic form of the Hebrew language — see also Hebrew
  • Bibelhebräischthe archaic form of the Hebrew language — see also Hebrew
Hebrew עִבְרִית מִקְרָאִית, לְשׁוֹן הַמִּקְרָא
  • עִבְרִית מִקְרָאִית (ivrít mikraít)the archaic form of the Hebrew language — see also Hebrew
  • לְשׁוֹן הַמִּקְרָא (leshón hamikrá)the archaic form of the Hebrew language — see also Hebrew
Hindi इब्रानी बाइबिल
  • इब्रानी बाइबिल (ibrānī bāibil)the archaic form of the Hebrew language — see also Hebrew
Russian древнеевре́йский язы́к, библе́йский иври́т
  • древнеевре́йский язы́к (drevnejevréjskij jazýk)the archaic form of the Hebrew language — see also Hebrew
  • библе́йский иври́т (bibléjskij ivrít)the archaic form of the Hebrew language — see also Hebrew
Spanish hebreo bíblico, hebreo clásico
  • hebreo bíblicothe archaic form of the Hebrew language — see also Hebrew
  • hebreo clásicothe archaic form of the Hebrew language — see also Hebrew
Ukrainian староєвре́йська мо́ва
  • староєвре́йська мо́ва (starojevréjsʹka móva)the archaic form of the Hebrew language — see also Hebrew
Cite this entry
APA

Biblical Hebrew. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Biblical%20Hebrew

MLA

“Biblical Hebrew.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Biblical%20Hebrew. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Biblical Hebrew,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Biblical%20Hebrew.

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