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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hebrews/#m1)

2) (Bible) Hebrews is the name of a letter (epistle) in the New Testament of the Bible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hebrews/#m2)

3) Hebrew is also the language of the Jewish people and of modern Israel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hebrews/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hebrews/#x1)
- Moses led the Hebrews out of Egypt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hebrews/#x2)
- Today's reading is from Hebrews. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hebrews/#x3)
- The Letter to the Hebrews talks about faith. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hebrews/#x4)
- Much of the Old Testament was first written in Hebrew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hebrews/#x5)
- The Hebrews crossed the Red Sea, the story says. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hebrews/#x6)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hebrews/#x7)

### 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.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.30/)
- [And they said: 'The God of the Hebrews hath met with us.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.117/)
- [And Saul blew the horn throughout all the land, saying: 'Let the Hebrews hear.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.304/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hebrews» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hebrews/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.