“All Semitic languages are perhaps ultimately traceable to Arabia.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“Akkadian loanwords are completely assimilated to Aramaic, both phonologically and morphologically.” — Roger D. Woodard Copy Share Image
“The number of vowel phonemes varies according to the different Masoretic traditions.” — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“The relation of Moabite to Hebrew was so close that no distinction of language must be conjectured” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road. — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
“Ancient Arabic may naturally be regarded as the chief source of the Hebrew language.” — John Courtenay James Copy Share Image
It is only in Hebrew that you feel the full meaning of it -- all the associations which a different word has. — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
Until mankind heeds the message on the Hebrew trumpet blown, and the faith of the whole world's people is the faith that… — Israel Zangwill Copy Share Image
“Samaritan Targum ... maybe compared with the Aramaic of the Jerusalem Talmud and with the Palestinian Syriac. On the whole it was… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
Humans have "dominion" over animals. But that "dominion" (radah in Hebrew) does not mean despotism, rather we are set over creation to… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
I was reading the Bible in Hebrew from a very young age, so that'll shape ideas about how words can move the… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
Physics is nothing but the ABC's. Nature is an equation with an unknown, a Hebrew word which is written only with consonants… — Johann Georg Hamann Copy Share Image
“One reason Bible translation is a difficult task is that, in many cases, there is no direct one-to-one parallel between words in… — Ron Rhodes Copy Share Image
We do hereby command the Leaders of the Hebrew, Catholic and Protestant Churches to sanctify and have us crowned Emperor of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In high school I was voted the girl most likely to become a nun. That may not be impressive to you, but… — Rita Rudner Copy Share Image
Indeed, Mr. Jefferson, what could be invented to debase the ancient Christianism, which Greeks, Romans, Hebrews and Christian factions, above all the… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“There is some evidence that the Canaanites lived together with the Babylonians for a longer period than did the Aramaeans ... It… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
It is possible that the meaning of wisdom in Hebrew indicates aptitude for stratagems and the application of thought in such a… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
I bailed on Hebrew school early on. So I kind of memorized my Bar Mitzvah piece and then the day before I… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
For Paul 'righteousness' and 'justice' are the same word, as they were in Hebrew. Paul clearly believes that helping the poor is… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
The black man in America's position is parallel with that of the Jews, especially when the Jews were in bondage under Pharaoh.… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The Jewish people have been in exile for 2,000 years; they have lived in hundreds of countries, spoken hundreds of languages and… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
“During its peak in the eighth to ninth centuries, the Babylonian version of Hebrew extended from Persia to Yemen. It declined in… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“At Ge 1:1 God used a matrix of sevens: (1) Seven words. (2) 28 letters (28 ÷ 4 = 7). (3) First… — Michael Ben Zehabe Copy Share Image
I John Hancock, . . . being advanced in years and being of perfect mind and memory-thanks be given to God-therefore calling… — John Hancock Copy Share Image
So where does the name Adam's apple come from? Most people say that it is from the notion that this bump was… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
Pantaenus was one of these and is said to have gone to India. It is reported that among persons there who knew… — Eusebius Copy Share Image
The word of God has provided nine explanatory designations of the heavenly beings... the first group is forever around God and is… — Pope Dionysius Copy Share Image
After [Bill Shawn] was fired, I was going to the YMHA [Young Men's Hebrew Association] on the Upper East Side to do… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
A 1998 study was done in Hebrew by an Israeli scholar, Yosef Grodzinsky, and the English translation of the title is Good… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“The variation of place and time is also a problem, as we cannot simply accept that Biblical Hebrew, which had already ceased… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“The geographical and historical facts of Hebrew place it within the Northwest Semitic group of languages.” — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
You have miracles [in the Hebrew Bible], yes, but they're not the work, normally, of demons. — Frank Moore Cross Copy Share Image
“The best remnants of Judaean Aramaic are found in Ezra, Daniel and the Palestinian Targums.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“It is noticeable that the Phoenician terms are often shared with Ugaritic.” — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
I've never seen a movie in Hebrew about Jesus. I have three kids, I don't have enough time to watch TV. — Aviv Alush Copy Share Image