hebrews

«hebrews» in Mova's school dictionary: The Hebrews were the ancient people of Israel, the people… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (Hebrews — proper noun; Hebrew, the Hebrews)

meaning for a pupil

1) (Bible) The Hebrews were the ancient people of Israel, the people of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses. tree →

2) (Bible) Hebrews is the name of a letter (epistle) in the New Testament of the Bible. tree →

3) Hebrew is also the language of the Jewish people and of modern Israel. tree →

sense in the lessons

Religion lessons (the Hebrews in Egypt, the Exodus), church readings («a reading from the Letter to the Hebrews»), history and languages.

examples

• The Hebrews were slaves in Egypt, the Bible tells. tree →
• Moses led the Hebrews out of Egypt. tree →
• Today's reading is from Hebrews. tree →
• The Letter to the Hebrews talks about faith. tree →
• Much of the Old Testament was first written in Hebrew. tree →
• The Hebrews crossed the Red Sea, the story says. tree →
• To a third belong the charming stories of olden times that are derived from the literatures of ancient peoples, such as the Greeks and the Hebrews. tree →

note

Capital H. The book name «Hebrews» takes a singular verb («Hebrews says…»). Related: Hebrew (language), Jewish, Israelite.

In the corpora

• And she had compassion on him, and said: 'This is one of the Hebrews' children.'
• And they said: 'The God of the Hebrews hath met with us.
• And Saul blew the horn throughout all the land, saying: 'Let the Hebrews hear.'

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hebrews» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.