How to Use Hebrew in a Sentence

Hebrew

noun

• In Hebrew tradition, Passover is from the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, until the twenty-first day of the month in the evening.
  — Holly Rizzuto Palker, Parents, 17 Sep. 2023
• They’ve never been exposed to them, not as adults and not back in Hebrew school.
  — Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
• At least one of them cried out for help in Hebrew before they were killed, the official added.
  — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2023
• The dates of Hanukkah change each year according to the Hebrew calendar.
  — Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2024
• Shooting is set for Spring 2025 and will be filmed in Hebrew, Arabic and English.
  — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Nov. 2024
• Daniel Deronda was quickly brought out in Hebrew, purged of most of the English chapters.
  — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2024
• Origin: The name Jordan can be traced to Hebrew origins.
  — Toketemu Ohwovoriole, Parents, 25 July 2024
• The name Josias is a Latin variation that is also of Hebrew origin.
  — Shannon Day, Parents, 15 July 2024
• Plates were piled high with dates, rice, chicken and lentils, as guests chatted in a mix of Arabic, Hebrew and English.
  — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2024
• In a statement in Hebrew the next day, Netanyahu pointed to his track record of thwarting the two-state solution.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
• Acquiring Hebrew, the language of his new home, was a slow and painstaking process for Appelfeld.
  — Elena Lappin, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
• On his first day at the school, his parents also registered him for Hebrew school.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov. 2024
• Far from obviously being good, the God of the Hebrew Bible comes up short, morally.
  — James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• Stones emerged depicting stars, the moon, and letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
  — Daniel T. Ksepka, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
• Zev is a name of Hebrew origin which means Wolf — also my great grandfather's name.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 23 July 2023
• The Ziz is named for a giant water bird from Hebrew mythology that rules over and protects smaller birds.
  — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 19 Feb. 2024
• The prime minister offered his reply in Hebrew, which has since been translated by the Times of Israel.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 9 Dec. 2023
• The Oscar-winning filmmaker didn’t speak Hebrew, but sensed this was something big.
  — Jocelyn Noveck, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
• Though Hebrew is the language of Jewish prayer, Rabbi Harlow aspired to make the prayer book accessible to those who did not speak the language.
  — Ari L. Goldman, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2024
• My wife teaches Hebrew and Spanish at one of the most prominent Boca yeshivas, and my daughter goes to Hillel.
  — Joseph "joe" Kaufman, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2024
• Two families, one Hebrew and one Roman, are each fraught with their own crises of faith, and are drawn together in a complex web of espionage.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 27 June 2024
• Some soldiers spoke to the children in Hebrew, possibly searching for Israeli hostages.
  — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2023
• Advertisement The men darted in and out of doorways, weapons raised, commands shouted in Hebrew and English.
  — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• In 2024, to call something a pogrom — the word does not change in Dutch, Hebrew or English from the original Russian — is to say that a period of history that was believed over is not.
  — Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
• The inscription is in Latin, which is unusual for the era, as similar amulet scrolls were usually written in Greek or Hebrew, Scholz says in the statement.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
• And yet young men of the Haredim, as they are known in Hebrew, are in all practical terms exempt from mandatory military service.
  — Mick Krever, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
• Shouting into megaphones in Hebrew, soldiers call out to the crowd, asking whether there are any Israeli hostages among them and telling them to wave their arms and shout if they are being smuggled into the south.
  — Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2023
• The multilingual series will be filmed in Hebrew, German and English.
  — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 July 2024
• After the wedding, the newlyweds enjoyed babka from Long Island before going out to dinner with friends and taking the kids to Hebrew school.
  — Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
• The Zionists also had a principle of hiring Hebrew labor, at the exclusion of Arab labor.
  — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Jan 2025