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Heaven Smile A Heaven Smile is the standard type of enemy that the player faces in the Killer7 videogame metaverse. Upon seeing the player, they will release one of their characteristic laughs, and begin approaching slowly.
Heaven's Gate (film) Heaven's Gate is a 1980 western movie, depicting a fictionalized account of the Johnson County War between land barons and European immigrants in 1890s Wyoming. Considered one of the biggest box office bombs of the 1980s, Heaven's Gate became synonymous with troubled and overbudget film disasters.
Heaven's on Fire "Heaven's on Fire" is a song by the American hard rock band Kiss, first released on their 1984 album Animalize. Written by vocalist/guitarist Paul Stanley and songwriter Desmond Child, "Heaven's on Fire" was the first single released off of the album.
Heaven's Prisoners Heaven's Prisoners is a 1996 motion picture starring Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Mary Stuart Masterson, Teri Hatcher and Eric Roberts. It is based on a Dave Robicheaux novel of the same name by James Lee Burke.
Heaven's Soldiers Heaven's Soldiers (Korean:천군) is a commercial movie from South Korea. It is an action and humorous movie about North and South Korean soldiers (and a Korean woman) who unintentionally, and to their surprise, go back in time to sixteenth-century Korea only to meet a young Yi Sun-sin during the Jurchen invasion.
Heavenly (British band) Heavenly was a 1990s twee pop band, originally forming in Oxford, England in 1989. Amelia Fletcher (vocals), Mathew Fletcher (drums; Amelia's brother), Peter Momtchiloff (guitar) and Robert Pursey (bass) had all been members of Talulah Gosh, a key member of the C86 scene which preceded the twee movement, formed in 1986.
Heavenly (French band) Heavenly, a power metal band from Paris, France, were formed in 1994 by vocalist Benjamin Sotto and drummer Max Pilo. They were originally a cover band and played under the name of 'Satan's Lawyer' before evolving into a fully-fledged Helloween-influenced power metal outfit, and releasing a three track demo with new guitarist Anthony Parker.
Heavenly Records Heavenly Records, aka Heavenly Recordings, is a London-based record label, distributed by EMI. Founded by Jeff Barrett, a former press officer for Creation Records and many successful indie bands of the time including Happy Mondays, Heavenly Recordings' first releases were 7" singles for bands Barrett had discovered.
Heavenly Spheres Heavenly Spheres (L'Harmonie des Sphères) is an a capella choral album by the Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal under the direction of Christopher Jackson. Recorded in 1998, it features songs from the late 15th to early 16th century.
Heavenly Stems The ten heavenly stems ({{zh-cp|c=[or ten stems ({{zh-cp|c=ĺŤ][are an ancient [[China|Chinese] cyclic numeral system. They were first used for dates in the [[Shang Dynasty, and are now used with the twelve Earthly Branches in the Sexagesimal cycle in the Chinese calendar and in Chinese astrology.
Heavens Heavens is a alternative rock/goth rock band featuring Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio and Josiah Steinbrick formerly of F-Minus. Steinbrick plays guitar, bass, electric piano and creates soundscapes in the band, while Skiba sings.
Heavens Above Heavens Above is a non-profit organisation dedicated to observing and tracking satellites orbiting the Earth. They provide detailed star charts showing the track of the satellites through the stars one would see when looking up.
Heavens bag Heavens Bag is a hack script for the game Ultima Online that can be used with the game itself or the emulators. It looks just like any other bag on the game, except it is a separate program, not an item in the game, any item can be dropped in here with any character on any shard, and its data is saved, then it can be removed on any other shard with any other character exactly the same as it was before, by moving the saved data into the shards encoding script.
Heaviest Corner on Earth The Heaviest Corner on Earth is a promotional name given to the corner of 20th Street and 1st Avenue North in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, in the early 20th century. The name reflected the nearly-simultaneous appearance of four of the tallest buildings in the South, the 10-story Woodward Building (1902), 16-story Brown Marx Building (1906), 16-story Empire Building (1909), and the 21-story American Trust and Savings Bank Building (1912).
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) are countries with the highest levels of poverty in the world (see least developed countries) which are the subject of international debt relief measures aiming to reduce their external debt to sustainable levels. Assistance is conditional on the national governments of these countries meeting a range of economic management and performance targets.
Heaving to In sailing, heaving to (also heaving-to) is a way of slowing the boat's forward progress, fix the helm position so the boat doesn't have to be actively steered, and allow the crew to attend other tasks. It is commonly used for a "break" while waiting out a storm, or by the solo sailor as a way to provide time to go below deck or attend to issues elsewhere on the boat (including taking a lunch break).
Heaviside (lunar crater) Heaviside is a large lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon. It is attached to the eastern rim of the equally-large Keeler walled-basin, although Keeler is somewhat less eroded than Heaviside.
Heaviside condition The Heaviside condition, stated by Oliver Heaviside, is used in the construction of telegraph cables etc to balance the effects of the cable’s capacitance and inductance. It is a requirement for distortionless transmission of pulses through an electrical transmission line.
Heaviside's Dolphin Heaviside's Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) is a small dolphin that is found off the coast of Namibia and the west coast of South Africa. It is one of four dolphins in the Cephalorhychus genus - the others being the Chilean Dolphin, Hector's Dolphin and Commerson's Dolphin.
Heavitree Heavitree is a district of Exeter, Devon, England, and currently one of the wards for elections to the City Council. Its name is thought to derive from heafod treow (old English for "head tree"), which refers to a tree that either served as a neutral meeting place for Saxon kings, or as a convenient place for hanging criminals.
Heavy (film) Heavy is a 1995 drama movie, directed by James Mangold, and stars Liv Tyler, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Shelley Winters, and Deborah Harry. Mangold won "Best Screenplay" and Grand Prix Asturias "Best Feature" at the GijĂłn International Film Festival, and the Special Jury Prize for Directing at the Sundance Film Festival.
Heavy cavalry Heavy cavalry refers to heavily armed and armoured mounted troops, as opposed to medium or light cavalry, in which the riders are relatively lightly-armoured. The origins of heavy cavalry, a near impossibility before saddle and stirrup, lie in Parthian and Sassanid Persia.
Heavy crude oil Heavy crude oil or Extra Heavy oil is any type of crude oil which does not flow easily. It is a relative term, compared to light crude oil, but relates to specific technical issues of its own on production, transportation, and refining.
Heavy Clan Heavy Clan is a musical group that are the most well-known representatives of Salvadoran reggaeton (not hip hop). They are famous for feuding with legendary Salvadoran rap group Pescozada, and because of that, have no acknowledgements on elsalvadorrap.
Heavy ConstruKction Heavy ConstruKction is a live album (3CD set), incorporating video footage, by the band King Crimson, released by Discipline Global Mobile records in 2000. The album features recordings from King Crimson's European tour of May to July 2000, taken from DAT recordings of the front-of-house mixing desk.
Heavy Duty Heavy Duty was the first and only full length CD release by the band 3-Ply which featured 8 recorded songs from 1995-1996. To help promote the album in the local area, a music video was made for the third track Labeled.
Heavy Equipment Transport System The Heavy Equipment Transport System (HETS) is a military logistics vehicle used to transport, deploy, and evacuate tanks, armored personnel carriers, self-propelled artillery, and other heavy vehicles. Using HETS saves wear and tear on the tank, and is more cost efficient, as tanks are extremely expensive to run and maintain.
Heavy Industries Taxila Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) is the backbone of Pakistan's army, being a combination of multiple industries that has grown into a large military complex since 1980. It consists of six major production units and their support facilities.
Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle A Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle, or HLLV, is distinguished from Medium Lift Launch Vehicles (MLLV) by the mass that they can lift into Low Earth Orbit (LEO). While there is currently no specifically stated mass, it is generally agreed that rockets like the Titan IV, Atlas V, Ariane 5, Proton, and Delta IV are all considered "Heavy Lift" launch vehicles, as they're capable of lifting more than 30,000 lb (14,000 kg) to LEO, and more than 10,000 lb (5,000 kg) to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO).
Heavy Liquid Heavy Liquid is a six-CD limited edition boxed set that chronicles the rehearsals and sessions for Raw Power, the third album by rock band The Stooges. Spanning 1972-1974 it also contains live recordings and interviews.
Heavy Love Affair "Heavy Love Affair" is a funk single released by American soul music singer Marvin Gaye. Released as the third and last single off Gaye's last Motown album, In Our Lifetime, in 1981, the song was based on Gaye's real-life emotional crisis after being separated from his wife at the time, Janis Gaye.
Heavy machine gun A heavy machine gun refers to either a larger-caliber, high-power machine gun or one of the smaller, medium-caliber (rifle caliber) machine guns meant for prolonged firing from heavy mounts, less mobile, or static positions (or some combination of the two). The latter meaning is generally thought of as an older meaning, and the former as a modern one, but both weapon types have histories extending back to the 1800s.
Heavy metal fashion Heavy metal fashion is the style of dress, body modification, make-up, hairstyle, and so on, taken on by some fans of heavy metal, or, as they are often called, metalheads. To those with a trained eye, normally others within the metal subculture, relatively subtle differences in clothing can speak volumes about a person's tastes and, more critically, show whether or not they are a poseur, a judgement that is almost universally dreaded by the metalheads who chose to dress this way.
Heavy metal in Muslim majority countries Heavy metal music, a general term encompassing a variety of musical genres, is popular or at least accepted in most parts of the world. However, in some countries the lifestyle associated with heavy metal music is viewed as detrimental to society.
Heavy metal music Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1969 and 1974,Weinstein, Deena. Heavy Metal: The Music and its Culture.
Heavy metal music in Iran Although there is no definite sound which all Iranian metal bands follow, there has been definite influence from thrash and heavy metal to extreme black metal. Heavy metal music emanating from Iran is often referred to as "Iranian metal" or "Persian metal".
Heavy metal umlaut A heavy metal umlaut is an umlaut over a letter in the name of a heavy metal band. The use of umlauts and other diacritics with a blackletter style typeface is a form of foreign branding intended to give a band's logo a Teutonic quality.
Heavy metals A heavy metal is any of a number of higher atomic weight elements, which has the properties of a metallic substance at room temperature. There are several different definitions concerning which elements fall in this class designation:
Heavy mineral sands ore deposits Heavy mineral sands are a class of ore deposit which is an important source of zirconium, titanium, thorium, tungsten, rare earth elements, the industrial minerals diamond, sapphire, garnet, and occasionally precious metals or gemstones.
Heavy Metal (film) Heavy Metal is a 1981 Canadian animated film from executive producer Leonard Mogel, who also was the publisher of Heavy Metal magazine. With Ivan Reitman producing and Gerald Potterton directing, the work flow was expedited by having several animation houses working simultaneously on different segments.
Heavy Metal (magazine) Heavy Metal is an American science fiction and fantasy comics magazine, known primarily for its blend of dark fantasy/science fiction and erotica. In the mid-1970s, while publisher Leonard Mogel was in Paris to jump-start the French edition of National Lampoon, he discovered the French science-fantasy magazine Métal Hurlant which had debuted December 1974.
Heavy Metal 2000 The movie Heavy Metal 2000 is the 2000 sequel to the 1981 animated cult film Heavy Metal based on the fantasy magazine Heavy Metal. The story itself is based on the graphic novel, The Melting Pot, written by Kevin Eastman, Simon Bisley and Eric Talbot.
Heavy Metal Parking Lot Heavy Metal Parking Lot is a video documentary produced by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn in 1986. It documents heavy metal music fans tailgating in the parking lot outside the Capital Centre (later renamed US Airways Arena, since demolished) in Landover, Maryland on May 31, 1986 before a Judas Priest concert (with opening act Dokken).
Heavy NP shift "Heavy NP shift" is a term used within the tradition of transformational grammar to describe a process which "shifts" Noun phrases (NPs) to the right of their usual position under certain circumstances. Typically, the process applies to large, complex NPs (i.
Heavy on My Heart "Heavy on My Heart" is a pop ballad written by American pop singer-songwriter Anastacia, and billymann for her selftitled third studio album Anastacia (2004). The song's arrangement is built on simple guitar riffs, and its lyrics chronicle Anastacia's battle with breast cancer.
Heavy rescue vehicle A heavy rescue vehicle, often referred to as a rescue company, rescue squad, heavy rescue, or simply, fire engine is a type of specialty firefighting or EMS apparatus. Essentially oversized toolboxes on wheels, they are primarily designed for technical rescue situations such as auto accidents, rope rescues, swiftwater rescues, or collapses.
Heavy Rocks Heavy Rocks is the fourth album by Japanese band Boris. Unlike the previous albums, which were laden with doom and drone, this music takes a great turn and emphasizes on punk rock, stoner rock, and other styles of rock music as a whole.
Heavy String Heavy String production is a type of hip-hop beat making strategy featuring original composition, live strings or keys, live drums, live bass lines, and minimal use of samples. Heavy String production is recorded live using studio instruments such as the Akai MPC (Music Production Center for drums), the Roland Fantom-X, Yamaha Motif, or Korg Triton (studio keyboards and pianos for keys/strings), and the Korg MS-2000 or Minimoog (studio bass synthesizers for bass lines).
Heavy Traffic Heavy Traffic is a 1973 American animated film written and directed by Ralph Bakshi, and originally distributed by American International Pictures. It bears some thematic relationship to Bakshi's 1972 film debut, Fritz the Cat (based on a character created by Robert Crumb).
Heavy Trash Heavy Trash is an American band based in New York City formed by Jon Spencer of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Matt Verta-Ray, formerly of New York bands Madder Rose and Speedball Baby. The band's music draws from an eclectic mix of genres, including americana, blues, alternative rock, rockabilly, and punk.
Heavy Vehicles Factory The Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), Avadi, is located in proximity to Chennai, South India. HVF was set up in the year 1965 when the Government of India decided to manufacture heavy battlefield equipments, including Vijayanta Tank and T-72s.
Heavy weapons platform Heavy weapons platform is a common name to fighting vehicles native to the X-COM games. They are miniature remotely operated tanks fitted with a variety of ordnance, occupying roughly the same ground area as four men would standing shoulder-to-shoulder in a 2x2 square.
Heavy weapons platoon Heavy weapons platoon is a term from military science which refers to an infantry platoon equipped with machine guns, light mortars, rocket-propelled grenades, flamethrowers, grenade-launchers, anti-tank weapons, and/or other portable heavy weapons.
Heavy Woollen Donkeys Heavy Woollen Donkeys are a social rugby league team from Batley/Dewsbury in West Yorkshire. They play their home matches at Shaw Cross ARLFC, the home of Shaw Cross Sharks though they refer to it as the 'donkey sanctuary'.
Heavy-Handed Darling Heavy-Handed Darling is Tin Bangs' first independent release, issued on May 16, 2006. The EP's title comes from an early inside joke that developed from the repeated breakages of bassist Phil Darling's strings during live sets and rehearsals.
Heavyweights Heavyweights is a 1995 comedy film about a fat camp for kids that is taken over by a fitness guru named Tony Perkis (Ben Stiller, who would later play a similar role in 2004's Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story).
Heawood graph In the mathematical field of graph theory, the Heawood graph is an undirected graph with 14 vertices and 21 edges. Each vertex is adjacent to exactly three edges (that is, it is a cubic graph), and all cycles in the graph have six or more edges.
Heazlewoodite Heazlewoodite, Ni3S2, is a rare sulfur-poor nickel sulfide mineral found in serpentinitised dunite. It occurs as disseminations and masses of opaque, metallic light bronze to brassy yellow grains which crystallise in the trigonal crystal system.
Hebbal Hebbal is an area of Bangalore, India which was once indicative of the North Most point of the city. Though originally famous for Hebbal lake, it is now better known for the serpentine maze of flyovers that network the Outer Ring Road and Bellary Road.
Hebban olla vogala Hebban olla vogala are the first 3 words of an old fragment of Dutch. The fragment was discovered in 1932 in the margin of a Latin manuscript that was made in the abbey of Rochester, Kent and that is kept in Oxford.
Hebbetlevvus Hebbetlevvus is the oldest student association for Higher Economic Schools in the Netherlands, it was founded in 1967 on september 27 by the first shipment of students at the HES Rotterdam (The Netherlands). The students wanted to create an environment in which not only the knowledge would be formed but a place where the students could develop the social skills still needed in today's business.
Hebbian theory Hebbian theory describes a basic mechanism for synaptic plasticity wherein an increase in synaptic efficacy arises from the presynaptic cell's repeated and persistent stimulation of the postsynaptic cell. Introduced by Donald Hebb in 1949, it is also called Hebb's rule, Hebb's postulate, and cell assembly theory, and states:
Hebden Hebden, Ebden, Ebdon, Hebdon, and Hibdon are names all thought to be derived from one of several place names in West Yorkshire, coming from the Old English "heope", or "(rose) hip", and "denu", which meant "valley". The family motto is re e merito ("this through merit").
Hebden Bridge Hebden Bridge is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, 8 miles west of Halifax, at the junction of the River Calder and Hebden Water. A 2003 profile of the Calder Valley ward, covering Hebden Bridge, Old Town and part of Todmorden, estimated the population at 11,549.
Hebdomadal Council The Hebdomadal Council was the chief executive body for the University of Oxford from its establishment in 1854 until its replacement, in the Michaelmas term of 2000, by the new Council of the University. The Hebdomadal Council held statutory responsibility for the management of the University's finances and property, University administration, and relations between the University and all outside institutions.
Hebe Haven Yacht Club Hebe Haven Yacht Club established in 1963, is a private members club located in the picturesque bay of Pak Sha Wan in Sai Kung, Hong Kong. The Commodore is Philip Boothroyd and the General Manager is Lisa Keatley.
Hebei (; Postal map spelling: Hopeh) is a northern province of the People's Republic of China. Its one-character abbreviation is "冀" (pinyin: jì), named after Ji Province (冀州 Jì Zhōu), a Han Dynasty province (zhou) that included southern Hebei.
Hebei Television Hebei Television (HEBTV), (Chinese: 河北电视台, Pinyin: hé běi dià n shì tái) is a television network in Hebei province and all parts of the Beijing and Tianjin television viewing areas. Hebei Television also covers parts of Shandong, Henan and Shaanxi provinces and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Hebei University of Technology Hebei University of Technology ( for short: HEBUT ) (Chinese: 河北工业大ĺ¦; pinyin: Hebei Gongye Daxue) is a public university whose main campus lies in the Guangrong Dao neighborhood of the Hongqiao District in Tianjin, China. It is the first institute of technology in modern Chinese education history.
Heberden's node Heberden's nodes are hard or bony swellings which can develop in the distal interphalangeal joints (the furthest joints before the tips of the fingers or toes.) They are a sign of osteoarthritis, and are caused by formation of calcific spurs of the articular (joint) cartilage.
Hebereke Hebereke is a side scrolling adventure video game developed by Japanese company Sunsoft for the Nintendo Famicom (Nintendo Entertainment System) and released in Japan on the 20 September 1991. The game was only released outside Japan in Europe and Australia under the name Ufouria: The Saga with minor alterations on the 19 November 1992.
Hebereke series The Hebereke series is a video game franchise developed by Japanese company Sunsoft which first began the series on 20 September 1991 with the game titled Hebereke for the Nintendo Famicom, and in 1992 released on the Nintendo Entertainment System only in the UK and Australia under the moniker Ufouria: The Saga altering many of the characters in the process. 'Hebereke' is one of the characters and the Japanese name is colloquial and roughly translates to 'drunk' or 'untrustworthy'.
Hebern rotor machine The Hebern Rotor Machine was an electro-mechanical encryption machine built by combining the mechanical parts of a standard typewriter with the electrical parts of an electric typewriter, connecting the two through a scrambler. It is the first example (though just barely) of a class of machines known as rotor machines that would became the primary form of encryption during World War II and for some time after, and which included such famous examples as the German Enigma.
Hebert Arboretum The Hebert Arboretum is a new arboretum located at Springside Park in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA. The Arboretum displays diverse collection of trees and other plants in formal landscapes and in a natural setting.
Hebi Hebi () is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan province, People's Republic of China. Situated in moutainous terrain, Hebi is surrounded by the cities of Anyang and Xinxiang on its north and south respectively.
Hebraic law The term Hebraic law refers to a set of ancient Hebrew law as found in several verses in the Old Testament. The Hebraic law has a great similarity to the law as proclaimed by ancient monarchs of the Middle East, including Hammurabi of the 18th–17th century BC and his famous law code known as the Code of Hammurabi, and the law Code of Lipit Ishtar of the 20th century BC.
Hebraist A Hebraist is a specialist in Hebrew and Hebraic studies. Specifically, British and German scholars of the 18th and 19th centuries who were involved in the study of Hebrew language and literature were commonly known by this designation, at a time when Hebrew was little understood outside practicing Jewish communities.
Hebrew and Jewish epic poetry Though an abundance of historical reminiscence and legend lay in the storehouse of Jewish literature, none of it was built into epic poems until relatively recently. Religious and secular poets, it is true, often treated of such subjects as Abraham and Isaac and the near sacrifice of Isaac on Mount Moriah, Jacob and Joseph and the story of their lives, Moses and Aaron and the departure from Egypt, Joshua and the entrance into Canaan, Jeremiah and the fall of Jerusalem, Elijah the Prophet, etc.
Hebrew astronomy Hebrew astronomy refers to any astronomy written in Hebrew or by Hebrew speakers, or translated into Hebrew. It also includes an unusual type of literature from the Middle Ages: works written in Arabic but transcribed in the Hebrew alphabet.
Hebrew Academy of Morris County Hebrew Academy of Morris County is coeducational Jewish day school serving approximately 225 children in nursery school through grade eight. The school serves the Jewish community of Morris County, New Jersey, along with students from Sussex County and Warren County.
Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway The Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, or HAFTR, is a centrist Modern Orthodox Jewish day school on the South Shore of Long Island in New York serving students in preschool through twelfth grade. It is a private school, with its lower school located in Lawrence, and its high school in Cedarhurst, two of the Five Towns.
Hebrew Actors' Union The Hebrew Actors' Union (HAU), formed in 1899 as a craft union for actors in Yiddish theater in the United States (primarily in New York City), was the first actors' union in the United States. Until it was dissolved in October 2005, it remained as one of the seven branches of the Associated Actors and Artistes of America (4As).
Hebrew calendar The Hebrew calendar () or Jewish calendar is the annual calendar used in Judaism. It determines the dates of the Jewish holidays, the appropriate Torah portions for public reading, Yahrzeits (the date to commemorate the death of a relative), and the specific daily Psalms which some customarily read.
Hebrew cursive Hebrew cursive script is a style of Hebrew calligraphy that is very popular for writing Modern Hebrew by hand, since it is arguably easier to learn and faster to write than the traditional Hebrew script. It is based on German-Polish Hebrew cursive (see Haarmann 318).
Hebrew Free Burial Association The Hebrew Free Burial Association (HFBA) was established in 1888 as a free burial society serving the residents of Manhattan's Lower East Side and was incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1889. As the need grew in adjacent Jewish communities, HFBA also grew to serve the broader metropolitan area of New York City.
Hebrew grammar Hebrew grammar is partly analytical, expressing such forms as dative, ablative, and accusative using prepositional particles rather than morphological cases. However, inflection plays a decisive role in the formation of the verbs, the declension of prepositions (i.
Hebrew High School of New England The Hebrew High School of New England (HHNE) is a private, Modern Orthodox Jewish high school located in West Hartford, Connecticut, USA. The school was created by members of the New Haven, Springfield, Hartford communities and currently serves as the only co-educational Jewish secondary school between New York and Boston.
Hebrew languages The Hebrew languages refer to a variety of Canaanite languages and dialects historically spoken by various peoples in the region of Canaan whom Abrahamic religion believes to have been Hebrews who emigrated from the Chaldees. These different languages were not necessarily more or less related to each other than to other Canaanite languages, and their traditional distinction as Hebrew languages is almost purely by religious belief.
Hebrew name Hebrew names are names that have a Hebrew language origin, classically from the Hebrew Bible. They are mostly used by people living in Jewish or Christian worlds, but some are also adapted to the Islamic world, particularly if a Hebrew name is mentioned in the QurĘĽan.
Hebrew phonology Hebrew phonology must take into account that the Hebrew language has been used primarily for liturgical, literary, and scholarly purposes for most of the past two millennia. As a consequence, its pronunciation has been strongly influenced by the vernacular of each individual Jewish community.
Hebrew Reali School The Hebrew Reali School of Haifa (Hebrew: בית הספר הרי×לי העברי בחיפה), also shortened as The Reali School, is a renowned private school located in Haifa, Israel. It was established in 1913 by Dr.
Hebrew Union College The Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (also known as HUC, HUC-JIR, and The College-Institute) is the oldest Jewish seminary in the New World and the main seminary for training rabbis, cantors, educators and communal workers in Reform Judaism. It was founded in 1875 under the leadership of Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Hebrew University High School The Hebrew University High School, commonly known as Leyada, is a six-year, secular, "experimental", academically-autonomous, semi-private secondary school. It is located next to the Hebrew University Givat-Ram campus in Jerusalem.
Hebrew verb conjugation In Hebrew, verbs are conjugated to reflect their tense and mood, as well as to agree with their subjects in gender, number, and person. Each verb has an inherent voice, though a verb in one voice typically has counterparts in other voices.
Hebrew Wikipedia Hebrew Wikipedia is the Hebrew edition of Wikipedia, named ויקיפדיה: ×”×× ×¦×™×§×ś×•×¤×“×™×” החופשית (Vikipedia: HaEntziklopedia HaHofshit The Hebrew letter vav (ו) is pronounced as v in Modern Hebrew, although it was once pronounced w. Some Hebrew speakers of Eastern origin still pronounce vav as w.
Hebrews Hebrews (or Heberites, Eberites, Hebreians; Hebrew: עברים or עבריים, Standard , Tiberian , ; meaning "descendants of biblical Patriarch Eber"), were people who lived in Canaan, an area encompassing Israel, both banks of the Jordan River (The West Bank and Jordan), Sinai, Lebanon, and the coastal portions of Syria.
Hebridean Celtic Festival The Hebridean Celtic Festival is a massive international Celtic music festival, which takes place annually in Stornoway on Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The biggest headliners to date have been Runrig, and Van Morrison.
Hebrides The Hebrides (Gaelic: Innse Gall) comprise a widespread and diverse archipelago off the west coast of Scotland, and in geological terms are composed of the oldest rocks in the British Isles. They can be divided into two main groups:
Hebrides Blob The Hebrides Blob was an unidentified, 12 foot long carcass that washed ashore on Benbecula beach in the Hebrides Islands, Scotland, in 1990. Louise Whitts, who discovered the carcass, described it as follows: "It had what appeared to be a head at one end, a curved back and seemed to be covered with eaten-away flesh or even a furry skin and was 12 feet long [and] it had all these shapes like fins along its back.
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