Hebraist
nounEtymology From Hebra- + -ist.
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.
- The early Americans, inheriting the Hebraist fervour of the English Puritans, had enjoyed a Great Awakening of religious joy.2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 404:
- Related terms
- Hebraistic, Hebraistical, Hebraistically, Hebrew