Hebrew Quotes

The Hebrew will turn Christian; he grows kind.

— William Shakespeare

“Messianic Judaism is not Christianity.”

— Rabbi Sipporah Joseph

“Jewish Learning Is Living!”

— Rabbi Sipporah Joseph

Sublimity is Hebrew by birth.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Hebrew is deeply inspired by other languages.

— Amos Oz

You should do what we do, stack chips like Hebrews.

— Puff Daddy

“Light has a voice?” Sarucha inquired, amazed.”

— Rabbi Sipporah Joseph

There is no word in Hebrew for religion, by the way.

— Elie Wiesel

“The Galilean Aramaic pronunciation of שׁ was שׂ, or rather ס as the Ephraimite or Samaritan.”

— James John Courtenay

I might do something in Arabic. I might do something in Hebrew.

— Stevie Wonder

“Archaic Hebrew ... earliest inscriptions dating as far back as the close of the second millennium BCE.”

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

“Aramaic was spoken in certain regions of upper Egypt in the fifth century B.C.”

— James John Courtenay

With the Hebrew Bible, you're living in an austere world.

— Frank Moore Cross

Bad English was the second language of Israel and bad Hebrew, of course, remained the national language.

— George Mikes

I do not speak Hebrew, but I understand that it has no word for 'history.' The closest word for it is memory.

— David Miliband

“Amorite ... it is the oldest Northwest Semitic language yet discovered.”

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

Hebrew in America has a bemusing past. The Puritans, out of scriptural piety, once dreamed of establishing Hebrew as the national language.

— Cynthia Ozick

“The Cyprus inscription "Ba'al Lebanon" dates from the viii cent. B.C. and is the oldest specimen of Phoenician writing down.”

— James John Courtenay

“According to Bauer, the oldest form of the Semitic verb is the imperfect, which does not indicate 'subjective' or 'objective' time but…

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

The very same book, even if it is translated very accurately, let's say from Hebrew into English or from English into Hebrew,…

— Amos Oz

“Having good knowledge in Arabic language is a must for everyone who wishes to learn any other Semitic language, especially the Syro-Aramaic…

— Clemens Joseph David

“The prevailing hypothesis continues to be that the Palestinian tradition is earlier than the Tiberian, although, under the influence of the latter,…

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

Hebrews . This book is much superior to most of the writings attributed to St. Paul, though passages in the other books…

— James F. Cooper

I was a roving guard on the Lowell Hebrew Community Center's girls' basketball team all through high school. My specialty was stealing…

— Elinor Lipman

“Not only does every Hebrew word have its own definition, but every Hebrew letter, within the word, has its own meaning. God…

— Michael Ben Zehabe

The Hebrew word, the word timshel - 'Thou mayest' - that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in…

— John Steinbeck

“In morphology, the (synchronic) study of the compatibility of consonants within Semitic triconsonantal root ... has been conducted with great precision in…

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

To worship God 'in spirit and in truth' is first and foremost a way of saying that we must worship God by…

— D. A. Carson

...the goal of all spiritual life is to get your ego out of the way - outwit the sucker; dissolve it; shoot…

— Lawrence Kushner

What is supposed to be the very essence of Judaism - which is the notion that it is by study that you…

— Harold Bloom

The first book ever written in an alphabet was the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament. And the most important passage was…

— Leonard Shlain

Hebrews 3:19 tells us why the children of Israel did not enter into the promised land. Their problem was the same thing…

— Brian Williams

“The native language of Babylonia-Assyria did no doubt influence the language of Canaan, but chiefly through Phoenician script. The language found on…

— John Courtenay James

“The problem is obvious, once the Father began creating, He risked that, although perfect, His new and autonomous family could choose badness.…

— Michael Ben Zehabe

There is a principle of human affairs that goes back millennia, which is that you don't look in the mirror. You can…

— Noam Chomsky

We the undersigned, intend to establish an instruction and training institution which differs from the common elementary schools principally in that it…

— C. F. W. Walther

Let all your preaching be in the most simple and plainest manner; look not to the prince, but to the plain, simple,…

— Martin Luther

“For the Hebrews, names provided a direct link with the Creator. They understood words as being the creative fire of God, the…

— Anne Hamilton

Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

I will insist the Hebrews have [contributed] more to civilize men than any other nation. If I was an atheist and believed…

— John Adams