One translation of earliest ancient Hebrew (9)
I believe the answer is:
israelite
'ancient hebrew' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'one translation of earliest' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'translation of' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'earliest' is an anagram of 'sraelite'.
'i'+'sraelite'='ISRAELITE'
(Other definitions for israelite that I've seen before include "For example, Nathanael" , "such as David?" , "Tribesman" , "inhabitant of Holy Land?" , "one of the chosen?" .)