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hebephrenia
  • n  a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior; usually becomes evident during puberty; the most common diagnostic category in mental institutions
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hebephrenic schizophrenia
  • n  a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior; usually becomes evident during puberty; the most common diagnostic category in mental institutions
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hebraic alphabet
  • n  a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino)
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hebraism
  • n  Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud
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hebrew alphabet
  • n  a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino)
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heilong jiang
  • n  an Asian river between China and Russia; flows into the Sea of Okhotsk
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hebrew calendar
  • n  (Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years
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hebrew script
  • n  a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino)
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hebrew scripture
  • n  the Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the Torah and the Prophets and the Writings
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hebrews
  • n  the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob); the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19)
  • n  a New Testament book traditionally included among the epistle of Saint Paul but now generally considered not to have been written by him
  • n  the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel
  • n  a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
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