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Hebrew

[hee-broo] / ˈhi bru /
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An AFP journalist reported that slogans were spraypainted in Hebrew on the exterior walls, including "just because we are quiet doesn't mean we are asleep".

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Central to both Steinbeck’s novel and Kazan’s update is the author’s interpretation of the Hebrew word timshel, which he translates as “thou mayest.”

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

In the corner of each piece of footage a small message carries the label “AI” and in Hebrew reads: “The content was produced by digital means and wasn’t actually documented.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, a Syrian-born British citizen, drove into the gates of the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester on 2 October last year.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Eusie had given him the Hebrew name Maher Shalal Hashbaz, meaning appropriately enough, “hastening to the spoils, hurrying to the prey.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

I thought of Hebrews 13:2: “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

Yet the Hebrew Bible shows that Hebrews were as terrified of existential uprootedness as Blaise Pascal or any Christian king.

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2024

On June 1, the community celebrated New World Passover, a holiday marking the exodus from the United States of the Black Hebrews who came to Israel in the 1960s.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2023

Over the decades, the Black Hebrews have made gradual inroads into Israeli society.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2023

Lee said, “St. Paul says to the Hebrews that Abel had faith.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck


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