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Modern Hebrew

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noun
the living language of modern Israel, a revived form of ancient Hebrew. Abbreviations: ModHeb, Mod. Heb.
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Also called New Hebrew.

Origin of Modern Hebrew

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby Modern Hebrew

moderne, Modern English, Modern French, modern greats, Modern Greek, Modern Hebrew, Modern Icelandic, modernism, modernist, modernistic, modernity
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How to use Modern Hebrew in a sentence

  • It has also been translated but not yet published in Hindostanee and Modern Hebrew.

    A New Witness for God (Volume 1 of 3)|B. H. Roberts

  • To my surprise, and somewhat to my confusion, he answered in two words of modern Hebrew.

    Mr. Jacobs|Arlo Bates

  • In this eBook, zargas have been replaced by gershayim (quotation marks), as that is the convention in Modern Hebrew.

    History of the Jews, Vol. VI (of 6)|Heinrich Graetz

British Dictionary definitions for Modern Hebrew

Modern Hebrew
noun
the official language of the state of Israel; a revived form of ancient Hebrew
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