Hebrew
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Ebrew (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
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).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
Hebrew (not comparable)
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
pertaining to the people
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pertaining to the language
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See alsoEdit
NounEdit
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.
HyponymsEdit
- (people): Jew, Samaritan
- (language): Biblical Hebrew, Ivrit, Neo-Hebraic
Derived termsEdit
- (language): Biblical Hebrew, Classical Hebrew
- Hebrewess
- Shebrew
TranslationsEdit
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. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
- 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"
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “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 readingEdit
- ISO 639-1 code he, ISO 639-3 code heb (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Hebrew, heb