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English

Etymology

From Middle English Ebreu < Old French Ebreu < Latin hebraeus or Hebraic < Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (hebraios) < Aramaic ('ibrāy) < Hebrew עברי (ivrí) < Hebrew עבר (ever).

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)
  • Basque: hebrear eu(eu)
  • 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.
  • Hungarian: héber hu(hu)
  • Interlingua: hebreo
  • Italian: ebreo it(it) m.
  • Korean: 유대인 ko(ko) (yudaein), 히브리인 ko(ko) (hibeuriin)
  • 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 Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people.

Translations

language
  • Arabic: العِبْرِيَّة ar(ar) (al-3ibríyyah) f., اليهودية ar(ar) (al-yahudíyya) f.
  • Armenian: եբրայերեն hy(hy) (ebrayeren)
  • Basque: hebreera eu(eu)
  • Belarusian: іўрыт be(be) (iŭrýt) m.
  • Bosnian: hebrejski, jevrejski, hibru, ivrit m.
  • Bulgarian: иврит bg(bg) (ivrít) m., староеврейски език bg(bg) (staroevréjski ezík) m.
  • Catalan: hebreu m.
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 希伯來語 cmn(cmn), 希伯来语 cmn(cmn) (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 el(el) (evraiká) n. pl.
  • Hebrew: עברית he(he) (ivrít) f.
  • Hindi: इब्रानी hi(hi) (ibrānī) m.
  • Icelandic: Hebreska
  • Indonesian: ibrani
  • Interlingua: hebreo
  • Italian: ebraico it(it) m.
  • Japanese: ヘブライ語 ja(ja) (Heburai-go)
  • Korean: 히브리어 ko(ko) (Hibeuri-eo)
  • Navajo: Hííbwoo bizaad
  • Norwegian: hebraisk no(no)
  • Polish: hebrajski pl(pl) m.
  • Portuguese: hebraico pt(pt) m., hebreu pt(pt) m.
  • Romanian: limba ebraică ro(ro) f., ebraică ro(ro) f.
  • Russian: иврит ru(ru) (ivrít) m., древнееврейский язык ru(ru) (drevnejevréjskij jazýk) m.
  • Scottish Gaelic: Eabhra f.
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: хебрејски, јеврејски, хибру, иврит m.
    Roman: hebrejski, jevrejski, hibru, ivrit m.
  • Slovak: hebrejčina sk(sk) f.
  • Spanish: hebreo es(es) m.
  • Swedish: hebreiska sv(sv) c.
  • Thai: ภาษาฮิบรู th(th) (paa-săa híp-roo)
  • Turkish: İbranice tr(tr)
  • Ukrainian: іврит uk(uk) (ivrýt) m.
  • Urdu: عبرانی ur(ur) (ibrānī) m.
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Hê-brơ vi(vi), tiếng Do Thái vi(vi)
  • Yiddish: לשון־קודש yi(yi) (loshn-koydesh) n.
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)

Hyponyms

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