hebrewist
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of Hebrewist.
noun
A scholar who is expert in the Hebrew language.
noun
A member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; Hebrew.
adj
Pertaining to the Hebrew people, language, or culture.
Example Sentences
- "There is nothing more wanting to his glory, than to force a French hebrewist to be silent; and I will surely be so, if, as I doubt not, he alledges to me such solid reasons as those he has made use of to destroy the English hebrewist."
- "Wilhelm Schickard (1592—1635), Professor at Tubingen, hebrewist and mathematician;"
- "Dermott gave a full account of how it happened: The free masons arms in the upper part of the frontispiece of this book, was found in the collection of the famous and learned hebrewist, architect and brother, Rabbi Jacob Jehudah Leon."
- "According to Gerenius, the world renowned Hebrewist and Lexicographer, the word translated sprinkle, signifies “to spout up,” and then to sprinkle, as the result."
- "Ho was among, the best of the Hebrewists, and unequalled in his knowledge of pure theology, a skilful Biblical critic, and well versed in the sacred lore — ancient, scholastic, and modern."
- "Stiles, the ardent Hebrewist, as President of Yale, became a potent propagandist for Hebrew study and learning."