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Hebraist

Hebraist noun: a scholar who specializes in the study of the Hebrew language.

Noun

Hebraist (plural Hebraists)

  1. A scholar who specializes in the study of the Hebrew language.
  2. (obsolete) A proponent of Hebrew as the language of the Zionist movement.
  3. One who has a passion for Hebrew religious texts and traditions.
    • The early Americans, inheriting the Hebraist fervour of the English Puritans, had enjoyed a Great Awakening of religious joy.2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 404

Hebraist meaning in Kannada

Hebraist in Kannada

ಹೀಬ್ರೂ ಪಂಡಿತ, ಯೆಹೂದ್ಯ ಭಾಷಾಪಂಡಿತ, ಯೆಹೂದ್ಯೀಯ, ಯೆಹೂದ್ಯರ ಗುಣಲಕ್ಷಣಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವವನು

Forms of Hebraist

pluralHebraists

Origin of Hebraist

From Hebra- + -ist.

Words that rhyme with Hebraist

Questions about Hebraist

What does Hebraist mean?
Hebraist means a scholar who specializes in the study of the Hebrew language.
What is Hebraist in Kannada?
Hebraist in Kannada is ಹೀಬ್ರೂ ಪಂಡಿತ, ಯೆಹೂದ್ಯ ಭಾಷಾಪಂಡಿತ, ಯೆಹೂದ್ಯೀಯ. See Hebraist meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is Hebraist?
Hebraist is a noun.
What is the plural of Hebraist?
The plural of Hebraist is Hebraists.

Words near Hebraist in the dictionary

  1. Hebraisers
  2. Hebraises
  3. Hebraising
  4. Hebraism
  5. Hebraisms
  6. Hebraist
  7. Hebraistic
  8. Hebraistical
  9. Hebraistically
  10. Hebraistics
  11. Hebraists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hebraist (page history and authors); Hebraist (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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