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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats