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From Middle English Ebreu Old French Ebreu Latin Hebraeus Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος ( Hebraîos ) , from Aramaic עִבְרַי ( ʿiḇray ) , from Hebrew עִבְרִי ( ʿiḇrī́ ) .
The ending -ew underwent a similar evolution to that seen in Bartholomew Bartholomaeus Jew Iudaeus -ud- ).
Pronunciation
Adjective
Hebrew (not comparable )
Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language .
1995 May 21, Steven Levy, “The Unabomber and David Gelernter”, in The New York Times [1] →ISSN the original on 6 November 2020 :Nothing hangs on the walls, though a stained-glass Hebrew chai leans against the window.
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Translations
pertaining to the people
Aghwan: 𐔴𐔱𐕙𐔰𐕒𐕡𐕎 ( ebraun )
Arabic: عِبْرَانِيّ ( ʕibrāniyy ) , عِبْرِيّ (ar) ( ʕibriyy )
Armenian: հրեական (hy) ( hreakan ) , եբրայական (hy) ( ebrayakan )
Asturian: hebréu (ast) , hebraicu (ast)
Basque: hebrear
Belarusian: яўрэ́йскі ( jawréjski ) , габрэ́йскі ( habréjski )
Bulgarian: евре́йски (bg) ( evréjski )
Catalan: hebreu (ca) , hebraic
Chinese:
Mandarin: 希伯來人 / 希伯来人 (zh) ( xībóláirén ) , 希伯來 / 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 )
Hindi: इबरानी (hi) m ( ibrānī ) , इब्रानी (hi) m ( ibrānī ) , इब्री m ( ibrī )
Hungarian: héber (hu)
Icelandic: hebrei
Irish: Eabhrach m
Istriot: abrieo
Italian: ebraico (it) , ebreo (it)
Japanese: ヘブライ ( heburai )
Khmer: ហេព្រើរ ( heeprəə )
Lao: ເຮັບເຣີ ( hep rœ̄ )
Latin: hebraeus
Macedonian: еврејски ( evrejski )
Malay: orang Ibrani Ibrani
Marathi: हिब्रू ( hibrū )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hebraisk (no)
Nynorsk: hebraisk
Old English: Ebrēisċ
Persian:
Iranian Persian: عِبْرانی ( ebrâni ) , عِبْری ( ebri )
Polish: hebrajski (pl)
Portuguese: hebraico (pt)
Romanian: evreiesc (ro)
Russian: евре́йский (ru) ( jevréjskij )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хѐбре̄јскӣ јѐврејскӣ жѝдовскӣ ( Croatia )
Latin: hèbrējskī (sh) , jèvrejskī (sh) , žìdovskī (sh) ( Croatia )
Shan: ႁေႇပြႄး ( hèe práae )
Slovak: hebrejský (sk) m
Slovene: judovski (sl) , židovski (sl)
Spanish: hebreo (es)
Swedish: hebreisk (sv)
Thai: ฮีบรู (th) ( hii-bruu )
Northern Thai: ᩌᩦᨷᩕᩪ
Tigrinya: እብራዊ m ( ʾəbrawi ) , ኣይሁዳዊ m ( ʾayhudawi )
Turkish: ibrani
Ukrainian: євре́йський ( jevréjsʹkyj )
Urdu: عِبْرانی ( 'ibrānī ) , عِبْری ( 'ibrī )
Vietnamese: (thuộc ) người Do thái , Do thái
Volapük: hebreyanik
pertaining to the language
Aghwan: 𐕛𐔰𐕖𐔰𐕙𐔿𐔰 ( vačarn'a )
Arabic: عِبْرَانِيّ ( ʕibrāniyy ) , عِبْرِيّ (ar) ( ʕibriyy )
Egyptian Arabic: عبري ( ʕebri )
Armenian: եբրայերեն (hy) ( ebrayeren ) , հրեերեն (hy) ( hreeren )
Asturian: hebréu (ast) , hebraicu (ast)
Azerbaijani: ibri ibrani ivrit
Basque: hebrear
Bulgarian: иврит m ( ivrit )
Catalan: hebreu (ca) , hebraic
Chinese:
Cantonese: 希伯來語 / 希伯来语 ( hei1 baak3 loi4 jyu5 )
Mandarin: 希伯來語 / 希伯来语 (zh) ( xībóláiyǔ ) , 希伯來 / 希伯来 (zh) ( xībólái )
Czech: hebrejský (cs) m
Danish: hebraisk hebræisk
Dutch: Hebreeuws (nl)
Esperanto: hebrea (eo)
Estonian: heebreakeelne
Finnish: hepreankielinen (fi)
French: hébreu (fr) , hébraïque (fr)
Gagauz: ivrit
Galician: hebraico
German: hebräisch (de)
Greek: εβραϊκός (el) ( evraïkós )
Hawaiian: Hepela
Hebrew: עִבְרִי (he) ( ivrí )
Hindi: इबरानी (hi) f ( ibrānī ) , इब्रानी (hi) f ( ibrānī ) , इब्री f ( ibrī )
Hungarian: héber (hu)
Icelandic: hebreska (is)
Irish: Eabhraise
Italian: ebraico (it)
Japanese: ヘブライ ( heburai )
Kazakh: еврейше ( evreyše )
Korean: 헤브라이 ( hebeurai )
Latin: hebraeus
Malay: bahasa Ibrani Ibrani
Marathi: हिब्रू ( hibrū )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hebraisk (no)
Nynorsk: hebraisk
Old English: Ebrēisċ
Persian:
Iranian Persian: عِبْرانی ( ebrâni ) , عِبْری ( ebri )
Polish: hebrajski (pl)
Portuguese: hebraico (pt)
Romanian: ebraic (ro)
Russian: евре́йский (ru) ( jevréjskij ) , иври́тский (ru) ( ivrítskij )
Scots: Hebrew Ebrew Ebreu
Scottish Gaelic: Eabhrais f Eabhra f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хѐбре̄јскӣ јѐврејскӣ хибру ивритски
Latin: hèbrējskī (sh) , jèvrejskī (sh) , hibru ivritski
Slovak: hebrejský (sk)
Spanish: hebreo (es)
Swedish: hebreisk (sv) , hebreiskspråkig
Tigrinya: እብራይስጢ ( ʾəbraysəṭi )
Turkish: İbranice (tr)
Urdu: عِبْرانی ( 'ibrānī ) , عِبْری ( 'ibrī )
Vietnamese: (thuộc ) tiếng Do thái , Do thái
Volapük: Hebreyapükik hebreyik (vo)
Yiddish: העברעיִש ( hebreish ) , עבֿרי ( ivri ) , לשון־קודשדיק ( loshn-koydeshdik )
See also
Noun
Hebrew (countable and uncountable plural Hebrews
( countable ) member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob .( countable ) descendant of the biblical Patriarch Eber .( uncountable , colloquial ) Unintelligible
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
person
Arabic: عِبْرَانِيّ m ( ʕibrāniyy ) , عِبْرِيّ (ar) m ( ʕibriyy )
Armenian: եբրայեցի ( ebrayecʻi ) , հրեա ( hrea )
Asturian: hebréu (ast) m hebrea (ast) f
Basque: hebrear
Catalan: hebreu (ca) m hebrea (ca) f
Cherokee: ᎠᏈᎷ ( aquilu )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 希伯來人 / 希伯来人 (zh) ( xībóláirén )
Czech: Hebrej m Hebrejec m
Dutch: Hebreeër (nl) m Hebreeërs (nl) , Hebreeuwse (nl) , Hebreïnne f Hebreeuwsen
Esperanto: hebreo (eo) ( male or female ) , hebreino ( female )
Estonian: heebrealane
Finnish: heprealainen (fi)
French: Hébreu (fr) m Hébreuse (fr) f
Galician: hebreo (gl) m hebrea f
German: Hebräer (de) m Hebräerin f
Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌿𐍃 m ( haibraius )
Greek: Εβραίος (el) m ( Evraíos ) , Εβραία (el) f ( Evraía )
Ancient Greek: Ἑβραῖος m ( Hebraîos ) , Ἑβραία f ( Hebraía )
Hebrew: עִבְרִי (he) m ( ivrí ) , עִבְרִים m pl ( ivrím ) , עִבְרִיָּה f ( ivriyá ) , עִבְרִיּוֹת f pl ( ivriyót )
Hindi: इब्रानी (hi) m or f ( ibrānī )
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 )
Lao: ເຮັບເຣີ ( hep rœ̄ )
Latin: hebraeus m hebraea f
Malay: orang Ibrani Ibrani
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hebreer (no) m
Nynorsk: hebrear m
Old English: Ebrēisċ m
Persian:
Iranian Persian: عِبْری ( ebri ) , عِبْرانی ( ebrâni )
Polish: Hebrajczyk (pl) 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
Latin: Hebrej m
Shan: ႁေႇပြႄး ( hèe práae )
Sicilian: judeu m
Slovak: Hebrej m Hebrejka f
Spanish: hebreo (es) m hebrea (es) f
Swedish: hebré (sv) c
Thai: ฮีบรู (th) ( hii-bruu )
Northern Thai: ᩌᩦᨷᩕᩪ
Tooro: Omuhebburaayo class 1
Tumbuka: muHebere class 1
Vietnamese: người Do thái
Volapük: hebreyan (vo) , hihebreyan ( male ) , jihebreyan ( female )
Yiddish: עבֿרי m ( ivri ) , ייִד m ( yid )
Translations to be checked: "person"
Proper noun
Hebrew
The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people.
1924 Aeschylean Tragedy , pages 180-181 :‘Kinsman’ and ‘avenger’ meet in the same word in Hebrew and in Arabic; nor did Greek tribal custom keep them separate.
2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, in Ars Technica [2] the original on 12 November 2020 :The resulting Belter creole is a crazy mix of English, Chinese, romance languages like French, German, Persian, Hebrew , Zulu, and a few other surprises. Farmer says he has over 1,000 Belter words in his personal dictionary, and he keeps adding more as the show’s producers and fans request them.
The writing system used in Hebrew language.
Hyponyms
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Translations
Afrikaans: Hebreeus (af)
Albanian: gjuha hebraike f gjuha hebreje f
Amharic: ዕብራይጥ ( ʿəbrayṭ )
Arabic: الْعِبْرَانِيَّة f ( al-ʕibrāniyya ) , الْعِبْرِيَّة f ( al-ʕibriyya )
Egyptian Arabic: عبري m ( ʕebri )
Armenian: եբրայերեն (hy) ( ebrayeren ) , հրեերեն (hy) ( hreeren ) , իվրիտ ( ivrit ) ( Modern Hebrew )
Asturian: hebréu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: ivrit dili ibri dili ibrani dili
Basque: hebreera (eu)
Belarusian: іўры́т (be) m ( iwrýt )
Bengali: ইবরানী (bn) ( ibrānī )
Breton: hebraeg (br) m hebreeg (br) m
Bulgarian: иври́т m ( ivrít )
Burmese: ဟီဘရူး ဘာသာစကား ( hibha.ru:bhasaca.ka: ) , ဂျူး ဘာသာစကား ( gyu:bhasaca.ka: )
Catalan: hebreu (ca) m
Chichewa: Chihebri class 7
Chinese:
Cantonese: 希伯來語 / 希伯来语 ( hei1 baak3 loi4 jyu5 )
Mandarin: 希伯來語 / 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
Gagauz: иврит дили( ivrit dili )
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
Hawaiian: ʻŌlelo Hepela
Hebrew: עִבְרִית (he) f ( ivrít )
Samaritan Hebrew: ࠏࠨࠁࠬࠓࠪࠉࠕ ( ʿibriyt )
Hindi: इब्रानी (hi) f ( ibrānī ) , इब्री f ( ibrī )
Hungarian: héber (hu)
Icelandic: hebreska (is) f
Indonesian: ibrani (id) , bahasa Ibrani
Interlingua: hebreo
Irish: Eabhrais f
Italian: ebraico (it) m
Japanese: ヘブライ語 (ja) ( ヘブライご, heburaigo )
Kariri:
Dzubukuá: uolidze judeua
Kazakh: иврит тілі ( ıyvrıyt tili ) , иврит ( ıyvrıyt )
Korean: 히브리어 (ko) ( hibeurieo )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: عیبری ( 'îbrî )
Northern Kurdish: Îbranî (ku)
Kyrgyz: иврит тили ( ivrit tili ) , иврит (ky) ( ivrit )
Latin: hebraeus m
Latvian: ivrits m ebreju valoda f
Lithuanian: hebrajų kalba f
Macedonian: хебрејски јазик m ( hebrejski jazik ) , еврејски јазик m ( evrejski jazik )
Malay: bahasa Ibrani , Ibrani
Maltese: Ebrew
Māori: Reo Hīperu
Marathi: हिब्रू f ( hibrū )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: еврей хэл ( jevrej xel )
Navajo: Hííbwoo bizaad
Norman: Hébreu m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hebraisk (no) m
Nynorsk: hebraisk m
Occitan: ebrèu (oc) m
Old English: Ebrēisċ n
Pashto: عبراني (ps) ( 'ibrānī ) , عبري (ps) ( 'ibrī )
Persian:
Iranian Persian: عِبْری ( ebri ) , عِبْرانی ( ebrâni ) , زَبانِ عِبْری ( zabân-e ebri ) , زَبانِ عِبْرانی ( zabân-e ebrâni )
Polish: hebrajski (pl) m język hebrajski m
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 ) , хи́бру (ru) m ( xíbru ) ( colloquial )
Scottish Gaelic: Eabhra f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хебрејски јеврејски хибру иврит m
Latin: hebrejski (sh) , jevrejski (sh) , hibru ivrit (sh) m
Sinhalese: හේබ්රෙව් භාෂාව ( hēbrew bhāṣāwa )
Slovak: hebrejčina (sk) f
Spanish: hebreo (es) m
Swedish: hebreiska (sv) c
Tajik: забони ибрӣ ( zabon-i ibri ) , забони ибронӣ ( zabon-i ibroni )
Tatar: яһүд теле ( yähüd tele ) , гыйбрани теле ( ğıybrani tele ) , иврит теле ( ivrit tele ) , иврит ( ivrit )
Thai: ภาษา ฮิบรู ( paa-sǎa híp-ruu )
Tigrinya: ዕብራስጥ ( ʿəbrasṭ )
Tooro: Oruhebburaayo class 11
Tumbuka: Cihebere class 7
Turkish: İbranice (tr) , İbranca
Turkmen: ýewreýçe ýewreý dili iwrit dili iwrit
Ukrainian: іври́т (uk) m ( ivrýt )
Urdu: عِبْرانی f ( 'ibrānī ) , عِبْری f ( 'ibrī )
Uyghur: ئىبرانى تىلى ( ibrani tili ) , ئىبرانىچە ( ibraniche )
Uzbek: ivrit tili ibroniy tili ivrit (uz)
Vietnamese: tiếng Hê-brơ tiếng Do Thái (vi)
Volapük: Hebreyapük hebrey (vo)
Yao (Africa): Cihebeli class 7
Yiddish: העברעיִש n ( hebreish ) , לשון־קודש n ( loshn-koydesh ) , עבֿרי ( ivri )
Translations to be checked: "language"
See also
References
“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
Hebrew language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
