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Hebrew  

Definition

  • Hebrew is a North-Western Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family, employed since biblical times by Jews. It was revived as a spoken and literary language in the 19th century. Modern Hebrew is one of the two official languages of Israel (the other being Arabic), while Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jewish communities around the world today.Hebrew has always employed a Hebrew script.

Identifier

  • HEB

Change note

  • Succeed to IW retired

Notation

  • he
  • HE
  • heb
  • IW

In other languages

  • иврит

    Bulgarian

  • hebrejski

    Croatian

  • hebrejština

    Czech

  • hebræisk

    Danish

  • Hebreeuws

    Dutch

  • heebrea keel

    Estonian

  • heprea

    Finnish

  • hébreu

    French

  • Hebräisch

    German

  • εβραϊκά

    Greek

  • עברית

    Hebrew

  • ivrit
  • héber

    Hungarian

  • ivrit
  • hebreska

    Icelandic

  • Eabhrais

    Irish

  • ebraico

    Italian

  • ebreju valoda

    Latvian

  • hebrajų kalba

    Lithuanian

  • хебрејски

    Macedonian

  • Ebrajk

    Maltese

  • hebraisk

    Norwegian

  • hebrajski

    Polish

  • hebreu

    Portuguese

  • ebraică

    Romanian

  • иврит

    Russian

  • хебрејски

    Serbian

  • hebrejski

    Serbo-Croatian

  • hebrejčina

    Slovak

  • hebrejščina

    Slovenian

  • hebreo

    Spanish

  • hebreiska

    Swedish

  • ıbranice

    Turkish

  • гебрейська мова

    Ukrainian

  • hebrejšćina

    Upper Sorbian

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/HEB

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