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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of Hebraize.

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Examples

  • Appointed foreign minister in 1956, she Hebraized her name to Golda Meir.

    Five People Born on May 3rd | myFiveBest 2010

  • (She added “Dothan” later, when her brothers Hebraized their family name after the establishment of the state of Israel.)

    Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan. 2009

  • It does not mean, nor is it the equivalent of, Esther, which may be the Hebraized form of Ishtar, a Persian goddess.

    The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

  • It does not mean, nor is it the equivalent of, Esther, which may be the Hebraized form of Ishtar, a Persian goddess.

    The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

  • Names, incidents, and "local color" were slightly Hebraized, but the supernatural wonders of treasure caves, jewelled gardens, genii, princesses, and all, were not in the least marred or diminished.

    The Promised Land Mary Antin 1915

  • Names incidents, and "local color" were slightly Hebraized, but the supernatural wonders of treasure caves, jewelled gardens, genii, princesses, and all, were not in the least marred or diminished.

    The Promised Land 1912

  • Names incidents, and "local color" were slightly Hebraized, but the supernatural wonders of treasure caves, jewelled gardens, genii, princesses, and all, were not in the least marred or diminished.

    The Promised Land Antin, Mary, 1881-1949 1912

  • Like the story of creation, this tale has been Hebraized and adapted to the story-teller's purpose.

    The Makers and Teachers of Judaism Charles Foster Kent 1896

  • But they Hebraized about it -- that is, they took an uncritical interpretation of biblical words as their absolute rule of conduct.

    Matthew Arnold George William Erskine Russell 1886

  • "Behemoth" seems to be the Egyptian Pehemout, "water-ox," Hebraized, so-called as being like an ox, whence the Italian bombarino. with thee -- as I made thyself.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

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