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Modern Hebrew

Noun

Meaning

Hebrew used in Israel today; revived from ancient Hebrew

Source: WordNet

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Examples

However, the word madda in modern Hebrew specifically means science. Norman Lamm

I have trouble reading modern Hebrew. In the 1950s, I could read anything. I don't know how much experience you've had with contemporary Hebrew. It's quite difficult. Noam Chomsky

All varieties, from Biblical to Modern, use a typically Semitic templatic morphology with triconsonantal stems, though Mishnaic and Modern Hebrew have significant borrowed components of the lexicon that do not fit into this pattern. Source: Internet

Barsky 1997, pp. 48–51 Sperlich 2006, pp. 18–19, 31 Chomsky's B.A. honors thesis was titled "Morphophonemics of Modern Hebrew", and involved him applying Harris's methods to the language. Source: Internet

However, some Haredim who use Modern Hebrew also understand Yiddish. Source: Internet

Modern Hebrew Bibles call the two books Ezra and Nehemiah, as do other modern Bible translations. Source: Internet

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