Hebrew

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Proper noun 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 References

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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’”)).

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Hebrew (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.

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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.

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Singular Hebrew

Plural -

Hebrew

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

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• Hebrew language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Hebrew language
• “Hebrew” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• “Hebrew” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• “Hebrew” in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
• ISO 639-1 code he, ISO 639-3 code heb (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Hebrew, heb