Hebrew
The longest Hebrew word is the 19 letter-long: ושכשאנציקלופדיותינו (wshksh’ntsyklwpdywtynw), which means "and that when our encyclopedias."
The 11-letter word וְהָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִים (wh’hshkrpnym) is the longest word to appear in the Hebrew Old Testament. Its meaning is "and the satraps".
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Famous quotes containing the word hebrew:
“Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.”
—Bible: Hebrew Exodus, 20:16.
The ninth commandment.
“Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning: but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes, 7:3-4.
“One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to the place where he arose.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes, 1:4-5.
Ernest Hemingway took the title The Sun Also Rises (1926)