Hebraist

[ hee-brey-ist, -bree- ]

/ ˈhi breɪ ɪst, -bri- /

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noun

a person versed in the Hebrew language.

a person imbued with the spirit of the Hebrew people or given to their principles or practices.

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Origin of Hebraist

First recorded in 1745–55; Hebra(ize) + -ist

Words nearby Hebraist

hebetude, Hebr., Hebraic, Hebraicize, Hebraism, Hebraist, Hebraistic, Hebraize, Hebrew, Hebrew Bible, Hebrew calendar

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How to use Hebraist in a sentence

Finishing his course in 1817, he became a student at the Divinity Hall, where he gained some reputation as a Hebraist.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2|Various
She added, that he was a very learned man and a great Hebraist.
Biographia Literaria|Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Hebraist will find the question fully discussed in Ginsburg.
Expositor's Bible: The Book of Ecclesiastes|Samuel Cox
Pace replied to this servile hebraist that the king wanted nothing but the truth.
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume V|J. H. Merle d'Aubigné

But, bless me, I am forgetting the letter of my good friend Dr. Hebraist.
Eugene Aram, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton

British Dictionary definitions for Hebraist

Hebraist

/ (ˈhiːbreɪɪst) /

noun

a person who studies the Hebrew language and culture

Derived forms of Hebraist

Hebraistic or Hebraistical, adjectiveHebraistically, adverb

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