Hebrew

Famous quotes containing the word hebrew:

    The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
    —Bible: Hebrew Ezekiel, 18:2.

    Proverbial reproach by God, concerning the land of Israel. The same image is used in Jeremiah 31:29.

    of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness
    of the flesh.
    Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep
    his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
    —Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes (l. XII, 13)

    And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food: the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden.
    —Bible: Hebrew Genesis 2:9-10.