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  2. Karaite Judaism - Wikipedia

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    Karaite interpretation of the Torah strives to adhere to the plain or most obvious meaning of the text; this is not necessarily the literal meaning of the text—instead, it is the meaning of the text that would have been naturally understood by the ancient Hebrews when the books of the Torah were first written—without the use of the Oral Torah.

  3. Biblical names in their native languages - Wikipedia

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    Meaning: Yahweh is Salvation Judah, Kingdom of (named after Judah, the son of Jacob and Leah) Nation 930 BC: 586 BC: Judah: Paleo-Hebrew: 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄‎‎ Pronunciation: Yuh-how-wuh-duh Judah Maccabee (son of Mattathias ben Johanan) Person 190 BC: 160 BC: Judah: Hebrew: יהודה Pronunciation: Yehudaw Judah Maccabee: Hebrew ...

  4. Qere and Ketiv - Wikipedia

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    When the old Hebrew dialect fell into disuse and certain words became unfamiliar to the masses, the scribes amended the original dialect to the later familiar dialect. A good example is the word "Jerusalem," which in old Hebrew was always written ירושלם yrwšlm, but in a later period was written ירושלים yrwšlym. The qere provides ...

  5. Bible translations into Arabic - Wikipedia

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    Translations of the Bible into Arabic were produced by Arabic-speaking Jews (Rabbanite and Karaite), Christians, and Samaritans. Even though Arabic was spoken by Jews and Christians before the advent of Islam, running Arabic translations of the Bible are attested in manuscripts only from the 9th century CE onwards. So far, no evidence could be ...

  6. Bible translations into Hebrew - Wikipedia

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    Bible translations into Hebrew primarily refers to translations of the New Testament of the Christian Bible into the Hebrew language, from the original Koine Greek or an intermediate translation. There is less need to translate the Jewish Tanakh (or Christian Old Testament ) from the Original Biblical Hebrew , because it is closely intelligible ...

  7. Hebrew Bible - Wikipedia

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    The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh [a] (/ t ɑː ˈ n ɑː x /; [1] Hebrew: תַּנַ״ךְ ‎ tanaḵ, תָּנָ״ךְ ‎ tānāḵ or תְּנַ״ךְ ‎ tənaḵ) also known in Hebrew as Miqra (/ m iː ˈ k r ɑː /; Hebrew: מִקְרָא ‎ miqrāʾ), is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures, comprising the Torah, the Nevi'im, and the Ketuvim.

  8. Bible translations - Wikipedia

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    The Bible has been translated into many languages from the biblical languages of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.As of November 2024 the whole Bible has been translated into 756 languages, the New Testament has been translated into an additional 1,726 languages, and smaller portions of the Bible have been translated into 1,274 other languages according to Wycliffe Global Alliance.

  9. Biblical Hebrew - Wikipedia

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    Biblical Hebrew (Hebrew: עִבְרִית מִקְרָאִית ‎, romanized: ʿiḇrîṯ miqrāʾîṯ (Ivrit Miqra'it) ⓘ or לְשׁוֹן הַמִּקְרָא ‎, ləšôn ham-miqrāʾ (Leshon ha-Miqra) ⓘ), also called Classical Hebrew, is an archaic form of the Hebrew language, a language in the Canaanitic branch of the Semitic languages spoken by the Israelites in the area known as ...