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Hebrew
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English
he
Alternative forms
en Ebrew obsolete
Etymology
From en enm Ebreu, from en fro Ebreu, from en la Hebraeus, from en grc Ἑβραῖος, from en arc עִבְרַי ʿiḇray, from en he עִבְרִי ʿiḇrī́.
The ending en -ew underwent a similar evolution to that seen in en Bartholomew (ultimately from la Bartholomaeus) and en Jew (from la Iudaeus, with loss of the en -ud-).
Pronunciation
en /ˈhiːbɹuː/
en en-us-Hebrew.ogg US
Adjective
-
Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.
en Steven Levy The Unabomber and David Gelernter w:The New York Times 1995-05-21 https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/21/magazine/the-unabomber-and-david-gelertner.html 0362-4331 Nothing hangs on the walls, though a stained-glass Hebrew chai leans against the window. https://web.archive.org/web/20201106040033/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/21/magazine/the-unabomber-and-david-gelertner.html
Synonyms
en Hebraic
Derived terms
en Hebonics Hebreish Hebrew-Aramaic Scriptures Hebrew calendar Hebrew character Hebrewdom Hebrewism Hebrewist Hebrew Scriptures Hebrician Hebrish Hebronics setaceous Hebrew character
Translations
pertaining to the people
Aghwan: xag 𐔴𐔱𐕙𐔰𐕒𐕡𐕎
Arabic: ar عِبْرَانِيّ, ar عِبْرِيّ
Armenian: hy հրեական, hy եբրայական
Asturian: ast hebréu, ast hebraicu
Basque: eu hebrear
Belarusian: be яўрэ́йскі, be габрэ́йскі
Bulgarian: bg евре́йски
Catalan: ca hebreu, ca hebraic
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 希伯來人 xībóláirén, cmn 希伯來 xībólái
Czech: cs hebrejský m
Danish: da hebraisk, da hebræisk
Dutch: nl Hebreeuws
Esperanto: eo hebrea
Estonian: et heebrealane
Finnish: fi heprealainen
French: fr hébreu, fr hébraïque
Galician: gl hebraico
German: de hebräisch
Greek: el εβραϊκός
Hebrew: he עִבְרִי ivrí
Hindi: hi इबरानी m, hi इब्रानी m, hi इब्री m
Hungarian: hu héber
Icelandic: is hebrei
Irish: ga Eabhrach m
Istriot: ist abrieo
Italian: it ebraico, it ebreo
Japanese: ja ヘブライ heburai
Khmer: km ហេព្រើរ
Lao: lo ເຮັບເຣີ
Latin: la hebraeus
Macedonian: mk еврејски
Malay: ms orang Ibrani, ms Ibrani
Marathi: mr हिब्रू
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb hebraisk
Nynorsk: nn hebraisk
Old English: ang Ebrēisċ
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira عِبْرانی, fa-ira عِبْری
Polish: pl hebrajski
Portuguese: pt hebraico
Romanian: ro evreiesc
Russian: ru евре́йский
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh хѐбре̄јскӣ, sh јѐврејскӣ, sh жѝдовскӣ Croatia
Latin: sh hèbrējskī, sh jèvrejskī, sh žìdovskī Croatia
Shan: shn ႁေႇပြႄး
Slovak: sk hebrejský m
Slovene: sl judovski, sl židovski
Spanish: es hebreo
Swedish: sv hebreisk
Thai: th ฮีบรู
Northern Thai: nod ᩌᩦᨷᩕᩪ
Tigrinya: ti እብራዊ m, ti ኣይሁዳዊ m
Turkish: tr ibrani
Ukrainian: uk євре́йський
Urdu: ur عِبْرانی, ur عِبْری
Vietnamese: (thuộc) người Do thái, vi Do thái
Volapük: vo hebreyanik
pertaining to the language
Aghwan: xag 𐕛𐔰𐕖𐔰𐕙𐔿𐔰
Arabic: ar عِبْرَانِيّ, ar عِبْرِيّ
Egyptian Arabic: arz عبري ʕebri
Armenian: hy եբրայերեն, hy հրեերեն
Asturian: ast hebréu, ast hebraicu
Azerbaijani: az ibri, az ibrani, az ivrit
Basque: eu hebrear
Bulgarian: bg иврит m
Catalan: ca hebreu, ca hebraic
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 希伯來語 hei1 baak3 loi4 jyu5
Mandarin: cmn 希伯來語 xībóláiyǔ, cmn 希伯來 xībólái
Czech: cs hebrejský m
Danish: da hebraisk, da hebræisk
Dutch: nl Hebreeuws
Esperanto: eo hebrea
Estonian: et heebreakeelne
Finnish: fi hepreankielinen
French: fr hébreu, fr hébraïque
Gagauz: gag ivrit
Galician: gl hebraico
German: de hebräisch
Greek: el εβραϊκός
Hawaiian: haw Hepela
Hebrew: he עִבְרִי ivrí
Hindi: hi इबरानी f, hi इब्रानी f, hi इब्री f
Hungarian: hu héber
Icelandic: is hebreska
Irish: ga Eabhraise
Italian: it ebraico
Japanese: ja ヘブライ heburai
Kazakh: kk еврейше
Korean: ko 헤브라이
Latin: la hebraeus
Malay: ms bahasa Ibrani, ms Ibrani
Marathi: mr हिब्रू
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb hebraisk
Nynorsk: nn hebraisk
Old English: ang Ebrēisċ
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira عِبْرانی, fa-ira عِبْری
Polish: pl hebrajski
Portuguese: pt hebraico
Romanian: ro ebraic
Russian: ru евре́йский, ru иври́тский
Scots: sco Hebrew, sco Ebrew, sco Ebreu
Scottish Gaelic: gd Eabhrais f, gd Eabhra f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh хѐбре̄јскӣ, sh јѐврејскӣ, sh хибру, sh ивритски
Latin: sh hèbrējskī, sh jèvrejskī, sh hibru, sh ivritski
Slovak: sk hebrejský
Spanish: es hebreo
Swedish: sv hebreisk, sv hebreiskspråkig
Tigrinya: ti እብራይስጢ
Turkish: tr İbranice
Urdu: ur عِبْرانی, ur عِبْری
Vietnamese: (thuộc) tiếng Do thái, vi Do thái
Volapük: vo Hebreyapükik, vo hebreyik
Yiddish: yi העברעיִש, yi עבֿרי ivri, yi לשון־קודשדיק loshn-koydeshdik
See also
en Israelite
en Israelitish
en Jewish
Noun
~
en countable A member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
en countable A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Eber.
en uncountable colloquial unintelligible speech or writing.
Hyponyms
people en Jew, en Samaritan
Derived terms
en Hebrewess
en Shebrew humorous
Translations
person
Arabic: ar عِبْرَانِيّ m, ar عِبْرِيّ m
Armenian: hy եբրայեցի, hy հրեա
Asturian: ast hebréu m, ast hebrea f
Basque: eu hebrear
Catalan: ca hebreu m, ca hebrea f
Cherokee: chr ᎠᏈᎷ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 希伯來人 xībóláirén
Czech: cs Hebrej m, cs Hebrejec m
Dutch: nl Hebreeër m, nl Hebreeërs, nl Hebreeuwse, nl Hebreïnne f, nl Hebreeuwsen
Esperanto: eo hebreo male or female, eo hebreino female
Estonian: et heebrealane
Finnish: fi heprealainen
French: fr Hébreu m, fr Hébreuse f
Galician: gl hebreo m, gl hebrea f
German: de Hebräer m, de Hebräerin f
Gothic: got 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌿𐍃 m
Greek: el Εβραίος m, el Εβραία f
Ancient Greek: grc Ἑβραῖος m, grc Ἑβραία f
Hebrew: he עִבְרִי m ivrí, he עִבְרִים m-p ivrím, he עִבְרִיָּה f ivriyá, he עִבְרִיּוֹת f-p ivriyót
Hindi: hi इब्रानी m f
Hungarian: hu héber
Indonesian: id orang Ibrani
Interlingua: ia hebreo
Irish: ♂♀ ga Eabhrach m
Italian: it ebreo m, it ebrea f
Japanese: ja ヘブライ heburai
Korean: ko 유대인, ko 히브리인
Lao: lo ເຮັບເຣີ
Latin: la hebraeus m, la hebraea f
Malay: ms orang Ibrani, ms Ibrani
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb hebreer m
Nynorsk: nn hebrear m
Old English: ang Ebrēisċ m
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira عِبْری, fa-ira عِبْرانی
Polish: pl Hebrajczyk m-pr, pl Hebrajka f
Portuguese: pt hebreu m, pt hebraico m, pt hebreia f, pt hebraica f
Romanian: ro evreu m, ro evreică f
Russian: ru евре́й m-an, ru евре́йка f
Scottish Gaelic: ♂♀ gd Eabhrach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Хебреј m
Latin: sh Hebrej m
Shan: shn ႁေႇပြႄး
Sicilian: scn judeu m
Slovak: sk Hebrej m, sk Hebrejka f
Spanish: es hebreo m, es hebrea f
Swedish: sv hebré c
Thai: th ฮีบรู
Northern Thai: nod ᩌᩦᨷᩕᩪ
Tooro: ttj Omuhebburaayo 1
Tumbuka: tum muHebere 1
Vietnamese: vi người Do thái
Volapük: vo hebreyan, vo hihebreyan male, vo jihebreyan female
Yiddish: yi עבֿרי m ivri, yi ייִד m
person
Indonesian: id Yahudi, id Ibrani
Proper noun
The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people.
en 1924 Herbert Weir Smyth Aeschylean Tragedy VII. Orestea. II: The Libation-Bearers 180-181 ‘Kinsman’ and ‘avenger’ meet in the same word in Hebrew and in Arabic; nor did Greek tribal custom keep them separate.
en Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse w:Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/12/nick-farmer-knows-dozens-of-languages-so-he-invented-one-for-the-expanse/ 2019-12-22 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20201112011225/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/12/nick-farmer-knows-dozens-of-languages-so-he-invented-one-for-the-expanse/
The writing system used in Hebrew language.
Hyponyms
language en Biblical Hebrew, en Ivrit, en Neo-Hebraic
Derived terms
language en Biblical Hebrew, en Classical Hebrew, en Neo-Hebrew
Translations
language Biblical Hebrew
Afrikaans: af Hebreeus
Albanian: sq gjuha hebraike f, sq gjuha hebreje f
Amharic: am ዕብራይጥ
Arabic: ar الْعِبْرَانِيَّة f, ar الْعِبْرِيَّة f
Egyptian Arabic: arz عبري m ʕebri
Armenian: hy եբրայերեն, hy հրեերեն, hy իվրիտ Modern Hebrew
Asturian: ast hebréu m
Azerbaijani: az ivrit dili, az ibri dili, az ibrani dili
Basque: eu hebreera
Belarusian: be іўры́т m
Bengali: bn ইবরানী ibrānī
Breton: br hebraeg m, br hebreeg m
Bulgarian: bg иври́т m
Burmese: my ဟီဘရူးဘာသာစကား, my ဂျူးဘာသာစကား
Catalan: ca hebreu m
Chichewa: ny Chihebri 7
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 希伯來語
Mandarin: cmn 希伯來語 xībóláiyǔ
Crimean Tatar: crh İbrani tili
Czech: cs hebrejština f
Danish: da hebraisk n, da hebræisk n
Dutch: nl Hebreeuws n
Esperanto: eo hebrea la hebrea, la hebrea lingvo
Estonian: et heebrea keel
Finnish: fi heprea, fi heprean kieli
French: fr hébreu m
Gagauz: gag иврит дили ivrit dili
Galician: gl hebreo m, gl hebraico m
Georgian: ka ებრაული ენა, ka ებრაული
German: de Hebräisch n
Greek: el εβραϊκά n-p
Greenlandic: kl hebræerisut
Hawaiian: haw ʻŌlelo Hepela
Hebrew: he עִבְרִית f ivrít
Samaritan Hebrew: smp ࠏࠨࠁࠬࠓࠪࠉࠕ
Hindi: hi इब्रानी f, hi इब्री f
Hungarian: hu héber
Icelandic: is hebreska f
Indonesian: id ibrani, id bahasa Ibrani
Interlingua: ia hebreo
Irish: ga Eabhrais f
Italian: it ebraico m
Japanese: ja ヘブライ語 ヘブライご, heburaigo
Kariri:
Dzubukuá: kzw uolidze judeua
Kazakh: kk иврит тілі, kk иврит
Korean: ko 히브리어
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb عیبری
Northern Kurdish: kmr Îbranî
Kyrgyz: ky иврит тили, ky иврит
Latin: la hebraeus m
Latvian: lv ivrits m, lv ebreju valoda f
Lithuanian: lt hebrajų kalba f
Macedonian: mk хебрејски јазик m, mk еврејски јазик m
Malay: ms bahasa Ibrani, ms Ibrani
Maltese: mt Ebrew
Māori: mi Reo Hīperu
Marathi: mr हिब्रू f
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn еврей хэл
Navajo: nv Hííbwoo bizaad
Norman: nrf Hébreu m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb hebraisk m
Nynorsk: nn hebraisk m
Occitan: oc ebrèu m
Old English: ang Ebrēisċ n
Pashto: ps عبراني 'ibrānī, ps عبري 'ibrī
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira عِبْری, fa-ira عِبْرانی, fa-ira زَبانِ عِبْری, fa-ira زَبانِ عِبْرانی
Polish: pl hebrajski m, pl język hebrajski m
Portuguese: pt hebraico m, pt hebreu m
Romanian: ro limba ebraică f, ro ebraică f
Russian: ru иври́т m especially Modern Hebrew, ru евре́йский язы́к m, ru хи́бру m colloquial
Scottish Gaelic: gd Eabhra f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh хебрејски, sh јеврејски, sh хибру, sh иврит m
Latin: sh hebrejski, sh jevrejski, sh hibru, sh ivrit m
Sinhalese: si හේබ්රෙව් භාෂාව
Slovak: sk hebrejčina f
Spanish: es hebreo m
Swedish: sv hebreiska c
Tajik: tg забони ибрӣ, tg забони ибронӣ
Tatar: tt яһүд теле, tt гыйбрани теле, tt иврит теле, tt иврит
Thai: th ภาษาฮิบรู paa-sǎa híp-ruu
Tigrinya: ti ዕብራስጥ
Tooro: ttj Oruhebburaayo 11
Tumbuka: tum Cihebere 7
Turkish: tr İbranice, tr İbranca
Turkmen: tk ýewreýçe, tk ýewreý dili, tk iwrit dili, tk iwrit
Ukrainian: uk іври́т m
Urdu: ur عِبْرانی f, ur عِبْری f
Uyghur: ug ئىبرانى تىلى, ug ئىبرانىچە
Uzbek: uz ivrit tili, uz ibroniy tili, uz ivrit
Vietnamese: vi tiếng Hê-brơ, vi tiếng Do Thái
Volapük: vo Hebreyapük, vo hebrey
Yao (Africa): yao Cihebeli 7
Yiddish: yi העברעיִש n, yi לשון־קודש n loshn-koydesh, yi עבֿרי ivri
language
Indonesian: id Yahudi, id Ibrani
See also
he
References
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Further reading
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