Hebrew

Example Sentences

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As a child in New Orleans, Mr. Lemann never attended a bar mitzvah or bris; he heard neither Yiddish nor Hebrew.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Hatzola, the Hebrew word for save or rescue, is a large non-profit, Jewish-led organisation that provides a free emergency medical response and transportation to hospitals by volunteer medics.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

In Hebrew, Mr. Friedman notes, her parents were named Mordechai and Esther, the two main characters in the story of Purim, which is about a Jewish queen who saves her people.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

The team located them using a new computational tool called Conservatory, developed through collaboration among the laboratories of Idan Efroni at Hebrew University, Madelaine Bartlett at Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University, and Zachary Lippman at CSHL.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

“You see? I have not forgotten how to say ‘blessed is God’ in Hebrew.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar