Hebraized

/ˈhɛbrəaɪzd/ adjective

Definition

Made Hebrew in character, language, or tradition; having adopted Hebrew practices and customs.

Etymology

Past tense and past participle of 'hebraize,' using the regular English -ed ending. This form became common in the 18th and 19th centuries to describe communities and individuals who adopted Hebrew culture.

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You can track the success of Zionism by mapping 'hebraized' communities—starting in Palestine in the late 1800s and spreading wherever Jews made a deliberate choice to speak Hebrew daily instead of Yiddish, Ladino, or local languages.

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