Hebrew is the language of the Jewish people. The Old Testament was written in Hebrew.
The Bible sometimes calls the Jewish people Hebrews, and their language takes its name from them.
Also, Hebrews is a book of the New Testament, so named because it was written for the Hebrew people.
Key verse about Hebrew: Hearing the uproar, the Philistines asked, “What’s all this shouting in the Hebrew camp?” When they learned that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp, (1 Samuel 4:6, NIV).
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