Hebrew Bible
- A portion of a biblical book in the masoretic text of the Tanakh; this quantitative division is related to the triennial cycle for reading the Torah
- A colloquial term for the weekly Torah portion in the annual cycle of reading the Torah (in this context often pronounced sidra)
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Famous quotes containing the word hebrew:
“the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither
yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet
favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes (l. IX, 11)