English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English Ebreu Old French Ebreu Latin hebraeus hebraicus Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος ( Hebraîos ) , from Aramaic עִבְרַי ( 'ibray ) , from Hebrew עִבְרִי ( ʿiḇrī́ ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ] Adjective [ edit ] Hebrew (not comparable )
Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language . Synonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
pertaining to the people
Arabic: عِبْرَانِيّ ( ʿibrāniyy ) , عِبْرِيّ ( ʿibriyy )
Armenian: հրեական (hy) ( hreakan ) , եբրայական (hy) ( ebrayakan )
Asturian: hebréu (ast) , hebraicu (ast)
Basque: hebrear
Bulgarian: евреин (bg) m ( evrein ) , еврейски (bg) ( evrejski )
Catalan: hebreu (ca) , hebraic
Chinese:
Mandarin: 希伯來人 (zh) , 希伯来人 (zh) ( xībóláirén ) , 希伯來 (zh) , 希伯来 (zh) ( xībólái )
Czech: hebrejský (cs) m
Danish: hebraisk hebræisk
Dutch: Hebreeuws (nl)
Esperanto: hebrea (eo)
Estonian: heebrealane
Finnish: heprealainen (fi)
French: hébreu (fr) , hébraïque (fr)
Galician: hebraico
German: hebräisch (de)
Greek: εβραϊκός (el) ( evraïkós )
Hebrew: עִבְרִי (he) ( ivrí )
Hungarian: héber (hu)
Icelandic: hebrei
Irish: Eabhrach m
pertaining to the language
Arabic: عِبْرَانِيّ ( ʿibrāniyy ) , عِبْرَانِيَّة ( ʿibrāniyya ) , عِبْرِيّ ( ʿibriyy )
Egyptian Arabic: عبري ( ʿebri )
Armenian: եբրայերեն (hy) ( ebrayeren ) , հրեերեն (hy) ( hreeren )
Asturian: hebréu (ast) , hebraic (ast)
Basque: hebrear
Bulgarian: иврит m ( ivrit )
Catalan: hebreu (ca) , hebraic
Chinese:
Cantonese: 希伯來語 ( hei1 baak3 loi4 jyu5 )
Mandarin: 希伯來語 (zh) , 希伯来语 (zh) ( xībóláiyǔ ) , 希伯來 (zh) , 希伯来 (zh) ( xībólái )
Czech: hebrejský (cs) m
Danish: hebraisk hebræisk
Esperanto: hebrea (eo)
Estonian: heebreakeelne
Finnish: hepreankielinen (fi)
French: hébreu (fr) , hébraïque (fr)
Galician: hebraico
German: hebräisch (de)
Greek: εβραϊκός (el) ( evraïkós )
Hebrew: עִבְרִי (he) ( ivrí )
Hungarian: héber (hu)
Icelandic: hebreska (is)
Irish: Eabhraise
Italian: ebraico (it)
Japanese: ヘブライ ( heburai )
Korean: 헤브라이 ( hebeurai )
Latin: hebraeus
Malay: bahasa Ibrani Ibrani
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hebraisk (no)
Nynorsk: hebraisk
Persian: عبرانی (fa) ( 'ebrâni ) , عبری (fa) ( 'ebri )
Polish: hebrajski (pl)
Portuguese: hebraico (pt)
Romanian: ebraic (ro)
Russian: евре́йский (ru) ( jevréjskij ) , иври́тский (ru) ( ivrítskij )
Scottish Gaelic: Eabhrais f Eabhra f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хебрејски јеврејски хибру ивритски
Roman: hebrejski (sh) , jevrejski (sh) , hibru ivritski
Slovak: hebrejský (sk) m
Spanish: hebreo (es)
Swedish: hebreisk (sv) , hebreiskspråkig
Vietnamese: (thuộc ) tiếng Do thái , Do thái
Volapük: Hebreyapükik hebreyik (vo)
Yiddish: העברעיִש ( hebreish ) , עבֿרי ( ivri )
See also [ edit ] Hebrew (countable and uncountable plural Hebrews
( countable ) A member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob .( countable ) A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Eber .( uncountable ) The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people.( uncountable ) The writing system used in Hebrew language.( uncountable , colloquial ) Unintelligible speech or writing.Hyponyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
person
Arabic: عِبْرِيّ m ( ʿibriyy ) , عِبْرِيَّة (ar) f ( ʿibriyya )
Armenian: եբրայեցի ( ebrayecʿi ) , հրեա ( hrea )
Basque: hebrear
Catalan: hebreu (ca) m hebrea (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 希伯來人 (zh) , 希伯来人 (zh) ( xībóláirén )
Czech: Hebrej m Hebrejec m
Dutch: Hebreeër (nl) m Hebreeërs (nl) , Hebreeuwse (nl) , Hebreïnne f Hebreeuwsen
Esperanto: hebreo ( male or female ) , hebreino ( female )
Estonian: heebrealane
Finnish: heprealainen (fi)
French: Hébreu (fr) m
Galician: hebreo (gl) m hebrea f
German: Hebräer (de) m Hebräerin f
Greek: Εβραίος (el) m ( Evraíos ) , Εβραία (el) f ( Evraía )
Hebrew: עִבְרִי (he) m ( ivrí ) , עִבְרִים m pl ( ivrím ) , עִבְרִיָּה f ( ivriyá ) , עִבְרִיּוֹת f pl ( ivriyót )
Hungarian: héber (hu)
Indonesian: orang Ibrani
Interlingua: hebreo
Irish: ( ♂♀ ) Eabhrach m
Italian: ebreo (it) m ebrea (it) f
Japanese: ヘブライ ( heburai )
Korean: 유대인 (ko) ( yudaein ) , 히브리인 ( hibeuriin )
Latin: hebraeus m hebraea f
Malay: orang Ibrani Ibrani
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hebreer (no) m
Nynorsk: hebrear m
Persian: عبری (fa) ( 'ebri )
Polish: Hebrajczyk m pers Hebrajka f
Portuguese: hebreu (pt) m hebraico (pt) m hebreia (pt) f hebraica f
Romanian: evreu (ro) m evreică (ro) f
Russian: евре́й (ru) m anim ( jevréj ) , евре́йка (ru) f ( jevréjka )
Scottish Gaelic: ( ♂♀ ) Eabhrach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Хебреј m
Roman: Hebrej m
Slovak: Hebrej m Hebrejka f
Spanish: hebreo (es) m hebrea (es) f
Swedish: hebré c
Vietnamese: người Do thái
Volapük: ( ♂♀ ) hebreyan (vo) , ( ♂ ) hihebreyan ( ♀ ) jihebreyan
Albanian: gjuha hebraike (sq)
Arabic: الْعِبْرِيَّةُ f ( al-ʿibriyyatu ) , الْيَهُودِيَّةُ f ( al-yahūdiyyatu )
Egyptian Arabic: عبري m ( ʿebri )
Armenian: եբրայերեն (hy) ( ebrayeren ) , հրեերեն (hy) ( hreeren ) , իվրիտ ( ivrit ) ( Modern Hebrew )
Asturian: hebréu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: İvrit dili (az)
Basque: hebreera (eu)
Belarusian: іўры́т m ( iŭrýt )
Bulgarian: иври́т m ( ivrít )
Catalan: hebreu (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 希伯來語 (zh) , 希伯来语 (zh) ( xībóláiyǔ )
Crimean Tatar: İbrani tili
Czech: hebrejština (cs) f
Danish: hebraisk n hebræisk n
Dutch: Hebreeuws (nl) n
Esperanto: hebrea (eo) ( la hebrea, la hebrea lingvo )
Estonian: heebrea keel
Finnish: heprea (fi) , heprean kieli
French: hébreu (fr) m
Galician: hebreo (gl) m hebraico m
Georgian: ებრაული ენა ( ebrauli ena ) , ებრაული (ka) ( ebrauli )
German: Hebräisch (de) n
Greek: εβραϊκά (el) n pl ( evraïká )
Greenlandic: hebræerisut
Hebrew: עִבְרִית (he) f ( ivrít )
Hindi: इब्रानी (hi) m ( ibrānī )
Hungarian: héber (hu)
Icelandic: hebreska (is) f
Indonesian: ibrani bahasa Ibrani (id)
Interlingua: hebreo
Irish: Eabhrais f
Italian: ebraico (it) m
Japanese: ヘブライ語 (ja) ( heburai-go )
Korean: 히브리어 (ko) ( hibeurieo )
Latin: hebraeus m
Malay: bahasa Ibrani Ibrani
Maltese: Ebrew
Navajo: Hííbwoo bizaad
Norman: Hébreu m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hebraisk (no) m
Nynorsk: hebraisk m
Polish: hebrajski (pl)
Portuguese: hebraico (pt) m hebreu (pt) m
Romanian: limba ebraică f ebraică (ro) f
Russian: иври́т (ru) m ( ivrít ) ( especially Modern Hebrew ) , евре́йский язы́к m ( jevréjskij jazýk )
Scottish Gaelic: Eabhra f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хебрејски јеврејски хибру иврит m
Roman: hebrejski (sh) , jevrejski (sh) , hibru ivrit (sh) m
Sinhalese: හේබ්රෙව් භාෂාව ( hēbrev bhāṣāva )
Slovak: hebrejčina (sk) f
Spanish: hebreo (es) m
Swedish: hebreiska (sv) c
Thai: ภาษาฮิบรู ( paa-săa híp-roo )
Tigrinya: ዕብራስጥ ( ʿəbrasṭ )
Turkish: İbranice (tr)
Ukrainian: іври́т (uk) m ( ivrýt )
Urdu: عبرانی m ( ibrānī )
Vietnamese: tiếng Hê-brơ (vi) , tiếng Do Thái (vi)
Volapük: Hebreyapük hebrey (vo)
Yiddish: העברעיִש n ( hebreish ) , לשון־קודש n ( loshn-koydesh ) , עבֿרי ( ivri )
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 Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations .
Translations to be checked: "person"
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 Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations .
Translations to be checked: "language"
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] “Hebrew” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Houghton Mifflin , 2000, →ISBN
“Hebrew ” in Dictionary.com Unabridged , Dictionary.com, LLC , 1995–present.
"Hebrew " in WordNet 2.0 , Princeton University, 2003. Further reading [ edit ] 
