Hebraic, a.
(hiːˈbreɪɪk)
[ad. late L. Hebraic-us, a. Gr. Ἑβρα{giuml}κός, f. a stem Ἑβρα-: see Hebrew. Cf. F. hébraïque (15th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
Pertaining or relating to the Hebrews or their language; having a Hebrew style or quality; Hebrew.
| c 1384 Chaucer H. Fame iii. 343 The Ebrayke Iosephus the olde. 1530 Palsgr. 315/1 Hebrayke, belongyng to the countrey, speche of Hebrewe, hebraicq. 1632 Lithgow Trav. 290 Making merry with our Hebraick friends. 1669 Gale Crt. Gentiles i. i. x. 54 Plato affirmes..that the Hebraic language was the Mother of al Languages. 1730 Bolingbroke Hist. Eng. i. (1752) 8 (Jod.) Reducing the immense antiquity of the ægyptians within the limits of the Hebraick calculation. 1847 Emerson Repr. Men, Swedenborg Wks. (Bohn) I. 323 His perception of nature..is mystical and Hebraic. |