Hebrew
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Ebrew (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English Ebreu, from Old French Ebreu, from Latin hebraeus or hebraicus, from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos), from Aramaic עִבְרַי (ʿiḇray), from Hebrew עִבְרִי (ʿiḇrī́).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Hebrew (not comparable)
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
pertaining to the people
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pertaining to the language
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See also[edit]
Noun[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]
- (people): Jew, Samaritan
- (language): Biblical Hebrew, Ivrit, Neo-Hebraic
Derived terms[edit]
- (language): Biblical Hebrew, Classical Hebrew
- Hebrewess
- Shebrew
Translations[edit]
person
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language — See also translations at Biblical Hebrew
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- 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.
- 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, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: 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]
- ISO 639-1 code he, ISO 639-3 code heb
- Ethnologue entry for Hebrew, he
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