Hebraic

American  

[hi-brey-ik] / hɪˈbreɪ ɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Hebrews, Hebrews, their language, or their culture.

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Hebraic British  

/ hɪˈbreɪɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Hebrews or their language or culture

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Other Word Forms

• Hebraically adverb
• non-Hebraic adjective
• non-Hebraically adverb

Etymology

Origin of Hebraic

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin Hebraicus < Greek Hebraïkós, equivalent to Hebra ( îos ) Hebrew + -ikos -ic; replacing Old English Ebrēisc

Example Sentences

They aimed to retain the “breathing units” of biblical speech, even if that meant straining German with Hebraic syntax; the criteria, Mendes-Flohr observes, were “not aesthetic but, as it were, respiratory.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Dworkin loved being able to create a song that feels modern and relatable “because sometimes Hebraic music cannot feel that way.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

“When we take off the garb that had been placed upon Him and put him back in his Jewish garb that is Jewish and Hebraic context, Jewish people become open to it,” Mr. Sobel said.

From Washington Times • Mar. 11, 2022

“Gathering Light” widens the picture, drawing from a wealth of experience on tour — and, more obliquely, from 16th-century Hebraic myth.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2014

“My friend,” he began, and the accentuation of the Hebraic quality of his 259 voice had an instantaneous effect upon his two listeners.

From The Branding Iron by Burt, Katharine Newlin