Hebraist

English

Etymology

From Hebra- +‎ -ist.

Noun

Hebraist (plural Hebraists)

1. A scholar who specializes in the study of the Hebrew language.
2. (obsolete) A proponent of Hebrew as the language of the Zionist movement.
3. One who has a passion for Hebrew religious texts and traditions.
   • 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 404:

     The early Americans, inheriting the Hebraist fervour of the English Puritans, had enjoyed a Great Awakening of religious joy.

Related terms

• Hebraistic
• Hebraistical
• Hebraistically

Translations

a scholar who specializes in the study of the Hebrew language

• Czech: hebraista m, hebraistka f, hebreista m
• Danish: hebraist c
• French: hébraïsant (fr) m, hébraïsante (fr) f, hébraïste (fr) m or f
• German: Hebraist (de) m, Hebraistin (de) f
• Greek: εβραϊστής (el) (evraïstís), εβραΐστρια (el) f (evraḯstria)
• Italian: ebraicista m or f, ebraista m or f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hebraist m

  Nynorsk: hebraist m

• Polish: hebraista (pl) m, hebraistka (pl) f
• Slovak: hebraista m, hebraistka f
• Swedish: hebraist c
• Ukrainian: гебраїст m (hebrajist), гебраїстка f (hebrajistka)

See also

• Hebrew

Anagrams

• bearshit