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Term: Hebrew

DEFINITION:
The language of the Jews of the Middle East. Composed of twenty-two letters (with five letters having a dual form), Hebrew is the basis of both numerology and transpositional letter codes used in the Kabalah. Also a Jewish person.
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Hebrew Language and Alphabet
by Carl Llewellyn Weschcke
Hebrew is sometimes referred to as the "sacred" language of the West and compared with Sanskrit for the East. There are no vowels per se in Hebrew, only diacritical marks over the consonants performing that function. In addition, there are no numbers in Hebrew, but letters alone and in combination ...
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