Meanings
adjectiveHebrew (not comparable)
alternative obsolete Ebrew
- not comparableOf or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.
Nothing hangs on the walls, though a stained-glass Hebrew chai leans against the window.
1995 May 21, Steven Levy, “The Unabomber and David Gelernter”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2020Synonyms: Hebraic
nounHebrew (countable and uncountable, plural Hebrews)
plural Hebrews · alternative obsolete Ebrew
- countableA descendant of the biblical Patriarch Eber.
- colloquialuncountableUnintelligible speech or writing.
proper noun
alternative obsolete Ebrew
- The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people.
‘Kinsman’ and ‘avenger’ meet in the same word in Hebrew and in Arabic; nor did Greek tribal custom keep them separate.
1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VII. Orestea. II: The Libation-Bearers”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, pages 180-1811 more example
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.
2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, in Ars Technica, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020 - The writing system used in Hebrew language.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.
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nounthe ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel
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Hebrew language
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CanaaniticCanaanitic language
nouna person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
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Origin
- Hebrewעִבְרִי
- Aramaicעִבְרַי
- Ancient GreekἙβραῖος
- LatinHebraeus
- Old FrenchEbreu
- Middle EnglishEbreu
- EnglishHebrew
From Middle English Ebreu, from Old French Ebreu, from Latin Hebraeus, from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos), from Aramaic עִבְרַי (ʿiḇray), from Hebrew עִבְרִי (ʿiḇrī́). The ending -ew underwent a similar evolution to that seen in Bartholomew (ultimately from Latin Bartholomaeus) and Jew (from Latin Iudaeus, with loss of the -ud-).
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Afrikaans Hebreeus
- Hebreeuslanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος, Ἑβραία
- Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos)person
- Ἑβραία (Hebraía)person
Arabic عِبْرَانِيّ, عِبْرِيّ
- عِبْرَانِيّ (ʕibrāniyy)pertaining to the people
- عِبْرِيّ (ʕibriyy)pertaining to the people
- عِبْرَانِيّ (ʕibrāniyy)pertaining to the language
- عِبْرِيّ (ʕibriyy)pertaining to the language
- عِبْرَانِيّ (ʕibrāniyy)person
- عِبْرِيّ (ʕibriyy)person
- الْعِبْرَانِيَّة (al-ʕibrāniyya)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
- الْعِبْرِيَّة (al-ʕibriyya)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
Basque hebrear, hebrear
- hebrearpertaining to the people
- hebrearpertaining to the language
- hebrearperson
- hebreeralanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Bengali ইবরানী
- ইবরানী (ibrānī)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
Bulgarian евре́йски, иврит
- евре́йски (evréjski)pertaining to the people
- иврит (ivrit)pertaining to the language
- иври́т (ivrít)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
Catalan hebreu, hebraic
- hebreupertaining to the people
- hebraicpertaining to the people
- hebreupertaining to the language
- hebraicpertaining to the language
- hebreuperson
- hebreaperson
- hebreulanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Chinese Cantonese 希伯來語 /希伯来语, 希伯來語 /希伯来语
- 希伯來語 /希伯来语 (hei¹ baak³ loi⁴ jyu⁵)pertaining to the language
- 希伯來語 /希伯来语 (hei¹ baak³ loi⁴ jyu⁵)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
Chinese Mandarin 希伯來人 /希伯来人, 希伯來 /希伯来
- 希伯來人 /希伯来人 (xībóláirén)pertaining to the people
- 希伯來 /希伯来 (xībólái)pertaining to the people
- 希伯來語 /希伯来语 (xībóláiyǔ)pertaining to the language
- 希伯來 /希伯来 (xībólái)pertaining to the language
- 希伯來人 /希伯来人 (xībóláirén)person
- 希伯來語 /希伯来语 (xībóláiyǔ)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
Czech hebrejský, hebrejský
- hebrejskýpertaining to the people
- hebrejskýpertaining to the language
- Hebrejperson
- Hebrejecperson
- hebrejštinalanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Danish hebraisk, hebræisk
- hebraiskpertaining to the people
- hebræiskpertaining to the people
- hebraiskpertaining to the language
- hebræiskpertaining to the language
- hebraisklanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
- hebræisklanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Dutch Hebreeuws, Hebreeuws
- Hebreeuwspertaining to the people
- Hebreeuwspertaining to the language
- Hebreeërperson
- Hebreeërsperson
- Hebreeuwseperson
- Hebreïnneperson
- Hebreeuwsenperson
- Hebreeuwslanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Esperanto hebrea, hebrea
- hebreapertaining to the people
- hebreapertaining to the language
- hebreoperson
- hebreinoperson
- hebrea (la hebrea, la hebrea lingvo)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
Estonian heebrealane, heebreakeelne
- heebrealanepertaining to the people
- heebreakeelnepertaining to the language
- heebrealaneperson
- heebrea keellanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Finnish heprealainen, hepreankielinen
- heprealainenpertaining to the people
- hepreankielinenpertaining to the language
- heprealainenperson
- heprealanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
- heprean kielilanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
French hébreu, hébraïque
- hébreupertaining to the people
- hébraïquepertaining to the people
- hébreupertaining to the language
- hébraïquepertaining to the language
- Hébreuperson
- Hébreuseperson
- hébreulanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
German hebräisch, hebräisch
- hebräischpertaining to the people
- hebräischpertaining to the language
- Hebräerperson
- Hebräerinperson
- Hebräischlanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Greek εβραϊκός, εβραϊκός
- εβραϊκός (evraïkós)pertaining to the people
- εβραϊκός (evraïkós)pertaining to the language
- Εβραίος (Evraíos)person
- Εβραία (Evraía)person
- εβραϊκά (evraïká)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
Hawaiian Hepela, ʻŌlelo Hepela
- Hepelapertaining to the language
- ʻŌlelo Hepelalanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew עִבְרִי, עִבְרִי
- עִבְרִי (ivrí)pertaining to the people
- עִבְרִי (ivrí)pertaining to the language
- עִבְרִי (ivrí)person
- עִבְרִים (ivrím)person
- עִבְרִיָּה (ivriyá)person
- עִבְרִיּוֹת (ivriyót)person
- עִבְרִית (ivrít)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
Hindi इबरानी, इब्रानी
- इबरानी (ibrānī)pertaining to the people
- इब्रानी (ibrānī)pertaining to the people
- इब्री (ibrī)pertaining to the people
- इबरानी (ibrānī)pertaining to the language
- इब्रानी (ibrānī)pertaining to the language
- इब्री (ibrī)pertaining to the language
- इब्रानी (ibrānī)person
- इब्रानी (ibrānī)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
- इब्री (ibrī)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
Hungarian héber, héber
- héberpertaining to the people
- héberpertaining to the language
- héberperson
- héberlanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Icelandic hebrei, hebreska
- hebreipertaining to the people
- hebreskapertaining to the language
- hebreskalanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Indonesian orang Ibrani, ibrani
- orang Ibraniperson
- ibranilanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
- bahasa Ibranilanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Irish Eabhrach, Eabhraise
- Eabhrachpertaining to the people
- Eabhraisepertaining to the language
- Eabhrachperson
- Eabhraislanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Italian ebraico, ebreo
- ebraicopertaining to the people
- ebreopertaining to the people
- ebraicopertaining to the language
- ebreoperson
- ebreaperson
- ebraicolanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Japanese ヘブライ, ヘブライ
- ヘブライ (heburai)pertaining to the people
- ヘブライ (heburai)pertaining to the language
- ヘブライ (heburai)person
- ヘブライ語 (heburaigo)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
Korean 헤브라이, 유대인
- 헤브라이 (hebeurai)pertaining to the language
- 유대인 (yudaein)person
- 히브리인 (hibeuriin)person
- 히브리어 (hibeurieo)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
Latin hebraeus, hebraeus
- hebraeuspertaining to the people
- hebraeuspertaining to the language
- hebraeusperson
- hebraeaperson
- hebraeuslanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Latvian ivrits, ebreju valoda
- ivritslanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
- ebreju valodalanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Lithuanian hebrajų kalba
- hebrajų kalbalanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Malay orang Ibrani, Ibrani
- orang Ibranipertaining to the people
- Ibranipertaining to the people
- bahasa Ibranipertaining to the language
- Ibranipertaining to the language
- orang Ibraniperson
- Ibraniperson
- bahasa Ibranilanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
- Ibranilanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Māori Reo Hīperu
- Reo Hīperulanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Norwegian Bokmål hebraisk, hebraisk
- hebraiskpertaining to the people
- hebraiskpertaining to the language
- hebreerperson
- hebraisklanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Polish hebrajski, hebrajski
- hebrajskipertaining to the people
- hebrajskipertaining to the language
- Hebrajczykperson
- Hebrajkaperson
- hebrajskilanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
- język hebrajskilanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Portuguese hebraico, hebraico
- hebraicopertaining to the people
- hebraicopertaining to the language
- hebreuperson
- hebraicoperson
- hebreiaperson
- hebraicaperson
- hebraicolanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
- hebreulanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Romanian evreiesc, ebraic
- evreiescpertaining to the people
- ebraicpertaining to the language
- evreuperson
- evreicăperson
- limba ebraicălanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
- ebraicălanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Russian евре́йский, евре́йский
- евре́йский (jevréjskij)pertaining to the people
- евре́йский (jevréjskij)pertaining to the language
- иври́тский (ivrítskij)pertaining to the language
- евре́й (jevréj)person
- евре́йка (jevréjka)person
- иври́т (ivrít)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
- евре́йский язы́к (jevréjskij jazýk)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
- хи́бру (xíbru)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
Scottish Gaelic Eabhrais, Eabhra
- Eabhraispertaining to the language
- Eabhrapertaining to the language
- Eabhrachperson
- Eabhralanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Slovak hebrejský, hebrejský
- hebrejskýpertaining to the people
- hebrejskýpertaining to the language
- Hebrejperson
- Hebrejkaperson
- hebrejčinalanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Spanish hebreo, hebreo
- hebreopertaining to the people
- hebreopertaining to the language
- hebreoperson
- hebreaperson
- hebreolanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Swedish hebreisk, hebreisk
- hebreiskpertaining to the people
- hebreiskpertaining to the language
- hebreiskspråkigpertaining to the language
- hebréperson
- hebreiskalanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Thai ฮีบรู, ฮีบรู
- ฮีบรู (hii-bruu)pertaining to the people
- ฮีบรู (hii-bruu)person
- ภาษาฮิบรู (paa-sǎa híp-ruu)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
Turkish ibrani, İbranice
- ibranipertaining to the people
- İbranicepertaining to the language
- İbranicelanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
- İbrancalanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Ukrainian євре́йський, іври́т
- євре́йський (jevréjsʹkyj)pertaining to the people
- іври́т (ivrýt)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
Urdu عِبْرانی, عِبْری
- عِبْرانی ('ibrānī)pertaining to the people
- عِبْری ('ibrī)pertaining to the people
- عِبْرانی ('ibrānī)pertaining to the language
- عِبْری ('ibrī)pertaining to the language
- عِبْرانی ('ibrānī)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
- عِبْری ('ibrī)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
Vietnamese (thuộc) người Do thái, Do thái
- (thuộc) người Do tháipertaining to the people
- Do tháipertaining to the people
- (thuộc) tiếng Do tháipertaining to the language
- Do tháipertaining to the language
- người Do tháiperson
- tiếng Hê-brơlanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
- tiếng Do Tháilanguage — see also Biblical Hebrew
Yiddish העברעיִש, עבֿרי
- העברעיִש (hebreish)pertaining to the language
- עבֿרי (ivri)pertaining to the language
- לשון־קודשדיק (loshn-koydeshdik)pertaining to the language
- עבֿרי (ivri)person
- ייִד (yid)person
- העברעיִש (hebreish)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
- לשון־קודש (loshn-koydesh)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
- עבֿרי (ivri)language — see also Biblical Hebrew
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