Biblical Hebrew

English

Proper noun

Biblical Hebrew

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

Translations

the archaic form of the Hebrew language — see also Hebrew

• Armenian: հին հրեերեն (hy) (hin hreeren)
• Belarusian: старажытнаяўрэйская мова f inan (staražytnajaŭrejskaja móva)
• Bulgarian: староевре́йски ези́к m (staroevréjski ezík)
• Dutch: Bijbels Hebreeuws n
• German: biblisches Hebräisch n, Bibelhebräisch n
• Hebrew: עִבְרִית מִקְרָאִית (he) f (ivrít mikraít), לְשׁוֹן הַמִּקְרָא f (leshón hamikrá)
• Russian: древнеевре́йский язы́к m inan (drevnejevréjskij jazýk), библе́йский иври́т m inan (bibléjskij ivrít)
• Spanish: hebreo bíblico m, hebreo clásico m
• Ukrainian: староєвре́йська мо́ва f inan (starojevréjsʹka móva)

References

• Biblical Hebrew on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Biblical Hebrew”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.