Hebraism

English

Alternative forms
  • hebraism

Etymology

From Middle French hebraisme or Latin Hebraismus;[1] equivalent to Hebra- +‎ -ism.

Noun

Hebraism (countable and uncountable, plural Hebraisms)

  1. A characteristic trait of the Hebrew language. By extension it is sometimes applied to the Jewish people or their faith, national ideology, or culture.
    Synonym: Hebraicism
    • 1762, William Warburton, The Doctrine of Grace:
      The Scripture Greek is observed to be full of Syriasms and Hebraisms.
    • 1833, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], “Barrenness of the Imaginative Faculty in the Productions of Modern Art”, in The Last Essays of Elia. […], London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 177:
      Who, in reading this magnificent Hebraism, in his conception, sees aught but the heroic son of Nun, with the outstretched arm, and the greater and lesser light obsequious?
  2. (rhetoric) Excessive use of expressions derived from Hebrew.

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References
  1. “Hebraism, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠‎, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000, archived from the original on 2023-09-28.

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