noun
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Origin of Hebraist
First recorded in 1745–55; Hebra(ize) + -ist
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Only one of them seems to have been an accomplished Hebraist, but both were good Latin and Greek scholars; and both were familiar with Italian, Spanish, French, and German.
From The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by George L. Prentiss
She added, that he was a very learned man and a great Hebraist.
From Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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
If this be true, and every Hebraist can judge for himself, then the word which has been rendered created, means only to fashion, form, arrange.
From The System of Nature, Volume 1 by Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'Holbach
He was himself a disciple, and an enthusiastic admirer of Ewald, a very learned Hebraist, and an unflagging student.
From What I Remember, Volume 2 by Thomas Adolphus Trollope
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