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Hebrew 1. the ancient language of the Hebrews, revived as the official language of Israel. It belongs to the Canaanitic branch of the Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages 2. a member of an ancient Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham; an Israelite www.wsu.edu.8080/~dee/HEBREWS/HEBREWS.HTM |
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Verily, too early died that Hebrew whom the preachers of slow death honour: and to many hath it proved a calamity that he died too early. It's a word that's made up out'n the Greek ORGO, outside, open, abroad; and the Hebrew JEESUM, to plant, cover up; hence inTER. But, by the best contradictory authorities, this Grecian story of Hercules and the whale is considered to be derived from the still more ancient Hebrew story of Jonah and the whale; and vice versa; certainly they are very similar. |
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