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Etymology

From Middle English Ebreu < Old French Ebreu < Latin hebraeus or Hebraic < Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (hebraios) < Aramaic ('ibrāy) < Hebrew עברי (ʿIḇrî), “‘traverse or pass over’”) (referring to the Ibri people, known in the Middle East for their place of origin relative to the major culture of the time, they were called Ibri (“‘people from over on the other side of the Jordan river’”)).

Pronunciation

Adjective

Hebrew (not comparable)

Positive Hebrew

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)
  1. Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.

Noun

Singular Hebrew

Plural Hebrews

Hebrew (plural Hebrews)

  1. A member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
  2. A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Eber.

Translations

person
  • Arabic: عِبْرِيّ (ʕíbriy) m., عبرية (ʕibríyya) f.
  • Armenian: եբրայեցի hy(hy) (ebrayec’i), հրեա hy(hy) (hrea)
  • Bosnian: Hebrej m.
  • Catalan: hebreu, m., hebrea f.
  • Dutch: Hebreeër nl(nl) m., Hebreeërs / Hebreeën pl., Hebreeuwse / Hebreïnne f., Hebreeuwsen / Hebreïnnen pl.
  • Esperanto: hebreo eo(eo)
  • Estonian: heebrealane
  • Finnish: heprealainen fi(fi)
  • French: Hébreu m. (Hébreux, m. pl.)
  • German: Hebräer m & pl, Hebräerin f.
  • Greek: Εβραίος (Evréos) m., Εβραία (Evréa) f., Εβραίοι (Evréi) m. pl., Εβραίες (Evrées) f. pl.
  • Hebrew: עברי he(he) (ivrí) m., עברים he(he) (ivrím) / עבריים he(he) (ivriyím) m. pl., עבריה he(he) (ivriyá) f., עבריות he(he) (ivriyót) f. pl.
  • Interlingua: hebreo
  • Italian: ebreo it(it) m.
  • Norwegian: hebraer m.
  • Polish: Hebrajczyk m., Hebrajka f.
  • Portuguese: hebreu, hebraico m., hebreia, hebraica f.
  • Romanian: evreu m., evreică f., evrei m. pl., evreice f. pl.
  • Russian: еврей ru(ru) (jevréj) m.
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: Хебреј m.
    Roman: Hebrej m.
  • Slovak: Hebrej m., Hebrejka f.
  • Spanish: hebreo es(es)
  • Swedish: hebré
  • Vietnamese: người Do Thái
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked
  • Indonesian: Yahudi, Ibrani
  • Malay: Ibrani
  • Persian: عبری (ebri), عبرانی (ebrani)

Proper noun

Singular Hebrew

Plural -

Hebrew

  1. The language of the Hebrew people, ISO 639 code he.

Translations

language
  • Arabic: العِبْرِيَّة (al-ʕibríyyah) f.
  • Armenian: եբրայերեն hy(hy) (ebrayeren)
  • Bosnian: hebrejski, jevrejski, hibru, ivrit m.
  • Catalan: hebreu m.
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: trad. 希伯來語, simpl. 希伯来语 (Xībólái yǔ)
  • Czech: hebrejština cs(cs) f.
  • Danish: hebraisk da(da)
  • Dutch: Hebreeuws nl(nl) n.
  • Esperanto: hebreo eo(eo)
  • Estonian: heebrea keel
  • Finnish: heprea fi(fi), heprean kieli fi(fi)
  • French: hébreu fr(fr) m.
  • German: Hebräisch de(de) n.
  • Greek: εβραϊκά (evraiká) n. pl.
  • Hebrew: עברית he(he) (ivrít) f.
  • Hindi: इब्रानी hi(hi) (ibrānī)
  • Icelandic: Hebreska
  • Indonesian: ibrani
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked
  • Indonesian: Yahudi, Ibrani
  • Malay: Ibrani
  • Persian: عبری (ebri), عبرانی (ebrani)

See also

References

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