Hebrew

Famous quotes containing the word hebrew:

    When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
    —Bible: Hebrew Psalms, 8:2.

    “Man was kreated a little lower than the angells and has bin gittin a little lower ever sinse.” (Josh Billings, His Sayings, ch. 28, 1865)

    By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept: when we remembered Zion.
    —Bible: Hebrew Psalms, 137:1.

    Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled:t hou takest away their
    breath, they die, and return to their dust.
    —Bible: Hebrew Psalm CIV (l. CIV, 29)