verb
- to make Hebrew in character, language, or style; to adopt or conform to Hebrew customs, beliefs, or practices
Usage: transitive or intransitive; often capitalized as Hebraize; scholarly or religious context
Examples
- The scholar sought to hebraize the text by restoring its original linguistic features.
- Early Christian communities began to hebraize their worship practices.
- The author's attempt to hebraize the narrative made it more authentic to its ancient sources.
- Linguistic experts work to hebraize modern Hebrew by reviving biblical vocabulary.