Associations to the word «Hebraism»

Wiktionary

HEBRAISM, noun. The identification of a usage, trait, or characteristic of the Hebrew language. By successive extension it is sometimes applied to the Jewish people, their faith, national ideology, or culture.
HEBRAISM, noun. (rhetoric) Excessive use of expressions derived from Hebrew

Dictionary definition

HEBRAISM, noun. Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky