Hebrew

English

Wiktionary

Hebrew edition of Wiktionary

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 עִבְרַי (ʿiḇray), from Hebrew עִבְרִי (ʿiḇrī́).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhiːbɹuː/
Audio (US): (file)

Adjective

Hebrew (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.

Synonyms

Hebraic

Derived terms

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 (jaŭréjski), 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)
Northern Thai: ᩌᩦᨷᩕᩪ
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)

Roman: 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)
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), hebraic (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
Esperanto: hebrea (eo)
Estonian: heebreakeelne
Finnish: hepreankielinen (fi)
French: hébreu (fr), hébraïque (fr)
Gagauz: ivrit
Galician: hebraico
German: hebräisch (de)
Greek: εβραϊκός (el) (evraïkós)
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)
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

Roman: hèbrējskī (sh), jèvrejskī (sh), hibru, ivritski
Slovak: hebrejský (sk)
Spanish: hebreo (es)
Swedish: hebreisk (sv), hebreiskspråkig
Tigrinya: እብራይስጢ (ʾəbraysəṭi)
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)

Noun

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

(people): Jew, Samaritan
(language): Biblical Hebrew, Ivrit, Neo-Hebraic

Derived terms

(language): Biblical Hebrew, Classical Hebrew, Neo-Hebrew
Hebrewess
Shebrew (humorous)

Translations

person

Arabic: عِبْرَانِيّ m (ʕibrāniyy), عِبْرِيّ (ar) m (ʕibriyy)
Armenian: եբրայեցի (ebrayecʻi), հրեա (hrea)
Basque: hebrear
Catalan: hebreu (ca) m, hebrea (ca) f
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: Ἑβραῖος m (Hebraîos), Ἑβραία f (Hebraía)
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)
Lao: ເຮັບເຣີ (hep rœ̄)
Latin: hebraeus m, hebraea f
Malay: orang Ibrani, Ibrani
Northern Thai: ᩌᩦᨷᩕᩪ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hebreer (no) m

Nynorsk: hebrear m
Old English: Ebrēisċ m
Persian: عبری (fa) ('ebri)
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

Roman: 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)
Tooro: Omuhebburaayo class 1
Vietnamese: người Do thái
Volapük: hebreyan (vo), hihebreyan (male), jihebreyan (female)
Yiddish: עבֿרי m (ivri), ייִד m (yid)

language — see also Biblical Hebrew

Afrikaans: Hebreeus (af)
Albanian: gjuha hebraike
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: İvrit dili (az)
Basque: hebreera (eu)
Belarusian: іўры́т (be) m (iŭrýt)
Bengali: ইবরানী (bn) (ibrānī)
Breton: hebraeg (br) m, hebreeg (br) m
Bulgarian: иври́т m (ivrít)
Catalan: hebreu (ca) m
Chinese:
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 (İvrit 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
Hebrew: עִבְרִית (he) f (ivrít)
Hindi: इब्रानी (hi) m (ibrānī)
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) (heburaigo)
Korean: 히브리어 (ko) (hibeurieo)
Latin: hebraeus m
Malay: bahasa Ibrani, Ibrani
Maltese: Ebrew
Marathi: हिब्रू f (hibrū)
Navajo: Hííbwoo bizaad
Norman: Hébreu m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hebraisk (no) m

Nynorsk: hebraisk m
Occitan: ebrèu (oc) m
Old English: Ebrēisċ n
Persian: عبری (fa) ('ebri), عبرانی (fa) ('ebrâni)
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 (hēbrew bhāṣāwa)
Slovak: hebrejčina (sk) f
Spanish: hebreo (es) m
Swedish: hebreiska (sv) c
Thai: ภาษา ฮิบรู (paa-sǎa híp-ruu)
Tigrinya: ዕብራስጥ (ʿəbrasṭ)
Tooro: Oruhebburaayo class 11
Turkish: İbranice (tr)
Ukrainian: іври́т (uk) m (ivrýt)
Urdu: عبرانی m (ibrānī)
Vietnamese: tiếng Hê-brơ, tiếng Do Thái
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. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "person"

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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "language"

Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} Yahudi (id), ^{(please verify)} Ibrani
Persian: ^{(please verify)} عبری (fa) ('ebri), ^{(please verify)} عبرانی (fa) ('ebrâni)

References

“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.

Hebrew

Contents

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Noun

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

References

Further reading