Hebraic

American  

[hi-brey-ik] / hɪˈbreɪ ɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Hebrews, Hebrews, their language, or their culture.

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Hebraic British  

/ hɪˈbreɪɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Hebrews or their language or culture

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Other Word Forms

• Hebraically adverb
• non-Hebraic adjective
• non-Hebraically adverb

Etymology

Origin of Hebraic

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin Hebraicus < Greek Hebraïkós, equivalent to Hebra ( îos ) Hebrew + -ikos -ic; replacing Old English Ebrēisc

Example Sentences

They aimed to retain the “breathing units” of biblical speech, even if that meant straining German with Hebraic syntax; the criteria, Mendes-Flohr observes, were “not aesthetic but, as it were, respiratory.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Coolidge concluded by echoing a historian’s judgment that “Hebraic mortar cemented the foundations of American democracy.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Dworkin loved being able to create a song that feels modern and relatable “because sometimes Hebraic music cannot feel that way.”

From Los Angeles Times

Each of the three sections is based on a Hebraic chant — two of which are traditional and one original — and adapted texts from Exodus, Genesis and Psalm 121.

From Los Angeles Times

“When I began exploring the music, I was thrilled to hear the similarities among Hebraic chant and spirituals and blues.”

From New York Times