noun
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Origin of Hebraist
First recorded in 1745–55; Hebra(ize) + -ist
Example Sentences
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It may be a mere coincidence, but certainly the most learned Hebraist it was ever my lot to know was also the best and most satisfactory carver of a leg of mutton.
From What I Remember, Volume 2 by Thomas Adolphus Trollope
Such is the translation in our version, a sense which can in no way be extorted from the words of the text, as every Hebraist must be well aware.
From An Amicable Controversy with a Jewish Rabbi, on The Messiah's Coming by J. R. (John Ranicar) Park
The Assyrian student, moreover, possesses an advantage which is not shared by the Hebraist.
From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
As an Hebraist he was equal to any of his day.
From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.
As a youthful poet, I was presented by a learned Hebraist of our nation to the greatest of our Dutch contemporary poets, the celebrated Bilderdyk, who died at the age of 75 years in 1831.
From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.
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