Noun
The traditional Hebrew and Aramaic text of the Jewish Bible, viewed as its original, correct, and authoritative text.
It is impossible to understand the book of Job without consulting the hebraica veritas.
Saint Jerome's Latin Vulgate translation of the Jewish Bible, viewed as a faithful and authoritative rendering of the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
At this point the Old Latin versions are almost incoherent: we must follow Jerome's hebraica veritas instead.