Hebrew

English

Alternative forms

• Ebrew (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English Ebreu, from Old French Ebreu, from Latin hebraeus or hebraicus, from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos), from Aramaic [script needed] ('ibrāy), from Hebrew עברי‏ (ivrí), from Hebrew עבר‏ (ever).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiːbɹuː/

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Adjective

Hebrew (not comparable)

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

Synonyms

• Hebraic

See also

• Jewish

Translations

pertaining to the people

• Arabic: عِبْرِيّ‏‎ (ʿibriyy)
• Armenian: հրեական (hy) (hreakan), եբրայական (hy) (ebrayakan)
• Asturian: hebréu (ast), hebraicu (ast)
• Basque: hebrear
• 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
• 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
• Istriot: abrieo

• Italian: ebraico (it), ebreo (it)
• Japanese: ヘブライ (heburai)
• Latin: hebraeus
• Malay: orang Ibrani, Ibrani
• Norwegian: hebraisk (no)
• Persian: عبری‏‎ (fa) ('ebri)
• Polish: hebrajski (pl)
• Portuguese: hebraico (pt)
• Romanian: evreiesc (ro)
• Russian: евре́йский (ru) (jevréjskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хебрејски m

  Roman: hebrejski (sh) m

• Slovak: hebrejský (sk) m
• Spanish: hebreo (es)
• Swedish: hebreisk
• Turkish: ibrani
• Vietnamese: (thuộc) người Do thái, Do thái
• Volapük: hebreyanik

pertaining to the language

• Arabic: عِبْرِيّ‏‎ (ʿibriyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: عبري‏‎ (ʿebri)

• Armenian: եբրայերեն (hy) (ebrayeren), հրեերեն (hy) (hreeren)
• Asturian: hebréu (ast), hebraic (ast)
• Basque: hebrear
• 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)
• Greenlandic: Hebræerisut (kl)
• Hebrew: עִבְרִי‏‎ (he) (ivrí)
• Hungarian: héber (hu)

• Icelandic: hebreska (is)
• Italian: ebraico (it)
• Japanese: ヘブライ (heburai)
• Latin: hebraeus
• Malay: bahasa Ibrani, Ibrani
• Norwegian: hebraisk (no)
• Persian: 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, hebreiskspråkig
• Vietnamese: (thuộc) tiếng Do thái, Do thái
• Volapük: Hebreyapükik, hebreyik (vo)
• Yiddish: העברעיִש‏‎ (hebreish), עבֿרי‏‎ (ivri)

Jewish — see Jewish

Yiddish — see Yiddish

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• Hebrewess
• Shebrew

Translations

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
• Estonian: heebrealane
• Finnish: heprealainen (fi)
• French: Hébreu (fr) m
• 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
• Italian: ebreo (it) m
• Japanese: ヘブライ (heburai)

• Korean: 유대인 (ko) (yudaein), 히브리인 (hibeuriin)
• Latin: hebraeus
• 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 (jevréj)
• Scottish Gaelic: (♂♀) Eabhrach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Хебреј m

  Roman: Hebrej m

• Slovak: Hebrej m, Hebrejka f
• Spanish: hebreo (es) m
• Swedish: hebré
• Vietnamese: người Do thái
• Volapük: (♂♀) hebreyan (vo), (♂) hihebreyan, (♀) jihebreyan

Jew — see Jew

Jewish — see Jewish

Yiddish — see Yiddish

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

• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} Yahudi, ^{(please verify)} Ibrani

• Persian: ^{(please verify)} عبری‏‎ (fa) (ebri), ^{(please verify)} عبرانی‏‎ (fa) (ebrani)

Proper noun

Hebrew

1. The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people.
2. The writing system used in Hebrew language.

Derived terms

• Biblical Hebrew

Translations

language — See also translations at Biblical Hebrew

• 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
• Azeri: İvrit dili (az)
• Basque: hebreera (eu)
• Belarusian: іўры́т m (iŭrýt)
• Bulgarian: иври́т m (ivrít), староевре́йски ези́к m (staroevréjski ezík) (Biblical Hebrew)
• 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
• Dutch: Hebreeuws (nl) n
• Esperanto: hebreo
• Estonian: heebrea keel
• Finnish: heprea (fi), heprean kieli
• French: hébreu (fr) m
• Galician: hebreo (gl) m, hebraico
• Georgian: ებრაული ენა (ebrauli ena), ებრაული (ka) (ebrauli)
• German: Hebräisch (de) n
• Greek: εβραϊκά (el) n pl (evraïká)
• Greenlandic: hebraimiutut
• Hebrew: עִבְרִית‏‎ (he) f (ivrít)
• Hindi: इब्रानी (hi) m (ibrānī)
• Hungarian: héber (hu)
• Icelandic: Hebreska
• 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
• 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), древнеевре́йский язы́к m (drevnejevréjskij jazýk) (Biblical Hebrew)
• 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)
• Turkish: İbranice (tr)
• Ukrainian: іври́т (uk) m (ivrýt), староєвре́йська мо́ва f (starojevréjsʹka móva) (Biblical Hebrew)
• 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)

Yiddish — see Yiddish

Jewish — see Jewish

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

• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} Yahudi, ^{(please verify)} Ibrani

• Persian: ^{(please verify)} عبری‏‎ (fa) (ebri), ^{(please verify)} عبرانی‏‎ (fa) (ebrani)

Hyponyms

• Ivrit

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Hebrew terms
• Hebrew language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “Hebrew” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ISBN 978-0-395-82517-4.
• “Hebrew” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–.
• "Hebrew" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code he, ISO 639-3 code heb
• Ethnologue entry for Hebrew, he