Modern Hebrew

American  

noun

1. the living language of modern Israel, a revived form of ancient Hebrew. ModHeb, Mod. Heb.

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Modern Hebrew British  

noun

1. the official language of the state of Israel; a revived form of ancient Hebrew

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Etymology

Origin of Modern Hebrew

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Modern Hebrew drew not only from earlier forms of the language but from Polish, Yiddish, Russian, and various dialects of Arabic.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 12, 2019

Modern Hebrew literature—its beats and its tenor, its themes and its subjects—was a source of pride, as broad in range as it was particular.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 12, 2019

Gil Zahavi, an instructor in Modern Hebrew at Oxford University, did not respond to a request for comment.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2017

Says he: "Modern Hebrew is my torture, my love affair and my musical instrument."

From Time Magazine Archive

Modern Hebrew literature, for a century the handmaiden of one preponderating idea, the humanist idea in all its various applications, henceforth enters upon a new phase of its development.

From The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) by Slouschz, Nahum