Associations to the word «Hebraist»

Wiktionary

HEBRAIST, noun. A scholar who specializes in the study of the Hebrew language.
HEBRAIST, noun. (obsolete) A proponent of Hebrew as the language of the Zionist movement.

Dictionary definition

HEBRAIST, noun. Linguist specializing in the Hebrew language.

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