“The earliest inscriptions in Hebrew date from the tenth BCE.” — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“Laban spoke the language which came with that great Semitic migration from Arabia.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“The Rabbinic pronunciation of ת sometimes approaches the ס sound.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“I do not like the darkness, but please don’t make the light too strong.” — Raphael Ben Levi Copy Share Image
I just went to Hebrew school, had a bar mitzvah. No crazy weird Jewish cult. — Hayden Schlossberg Copy Share Image
Most Arab Israelis speak Hebrew, but not the other way around. It's about time that changed. — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
Begin thinking of death and you are no longer sure of your life. It's a Hebrew proverb. — Leo Gordon Copy Share Image
I cried to my mother that I wanted to go to Hebrew school; I wanted Jewish friends. But when my mother took… — Caroline Leavitt 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
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
“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
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
“The Arabic language has had a great history, and in many respects is more remarkable than any other Semitic speech.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“In its ruggedness Hebrew seems an older language than Arabic, but some Arabic forms are certainly older than the corresponding Hebrew.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“Of all the languages that have existed upon the Earth, the Hebrew language is unique and extraordinary in its ability to paint… — R. Alan Woods Copy Share Image
Only if you have some knowledge of the human sacrifices, the vicious temple rites, the degrading superstitions and customs that were practiced… — Carlton J. H. Hayes 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
I think there are one or two things similar in Elizabethan English and contemporary Hebrew. This is not to say that every… — Amos Oz 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
“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
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
We find that alchemy has to do with magicians or magic and may even have roots in the Chaldean people who lived… — Fred Alan Wolf 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
“According to Paul Kahle's well-known thesis, the Masoretic, especially the Tiberian, system of punctuation is not simply a representation of how Hebrew… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
While the business of education in Europe consists in lectures upon the ruins of Palmyra and the antiquities of Herculaneum, or in… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
“Some Christians pretend that Christianity was not established by the sword; but of what period of time do they speak? It was… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
In the Bible (Hebrews, 6:19), hope is ‘an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within… — George Frederic Watts 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
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
“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
“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
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
It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even the slang of today. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image