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[hee-broo] / ˈhi bru /
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It also mean in Arabic, in Hebrew, home.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

According to new research from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the answer may begin unfolding in the brain several seconds before any movement takes place.

From Science Daily Jun. 2, 2026

Above the Torah ark in Ms. Wisse’s synagogue, an admonition is written in Hebrew: “Know before whom you stand.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

"There's a moment at the end of the song when I sing in Hebrew and it means, 'There's always someone listening'," he said.

From BBC May 13, 2026

During the washing process and burial, we would refer to the dead by their Hebrew names, and their Yiddish names if we didn’t know the former.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

Tuesday is the first full day of Passover, the weeklong Jewish commemoration of the deliverance of the ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt.

From Seattle Times Apr. 22, 2024

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

Months have dragged on without a decision from the Israeli authorities, leaving the undocumented Black Hebrews suspended between their homes in the Holy Land and what they see as exile.

From Seattle Times Jul. 20, 2023

When he woke up, he repeated what little he could remember, a verse from Hebrews about Enoch: “Taken up so he should not see death; and he was not found.”

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley




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