Hebrew

Енглески

Alternative forms

• Ebrew (obsolete)

Etymology

From Средњи Енглески Ebreu, from Стари Француски Ebreu, from Латински hebraeus or hebraicus, from Антички Грчки Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos), from Арaмејски עִבְרַי‎ ('ibray), from Хебрејски עִבְרִי‎ (ʿiḇrī́).

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /ˈhiːbɹuː/

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Adjective

Hebrew (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.

Synonyms

• Hebraic

Derived terms

• Hebrew Scriptures
• Hebrew Aramaic Scriptures

Translations

pertaining to the people

• Arabic: عِبْرَانِيّ‎ (ʿibrāniyy), عِبْرِيّ‎ (ʿibriyy)
• Armenian: հրեական (hy) (hreakan), եբրայական (hy) (ebrayakan)
• Asturian: hebréu (ast), hebraicu (ast)
• Basque: hebrear
• Bulgarian: евреин (bg) m (evrein), еврейски (bg) (evrejski)
• Catalan: hebreu (ca), hebraic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 希伯來人 (zh), 希伯来人 (zh) (xībóláirén), 希伯來 (zh), 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)
• Latin: hebraeus
• Malay: orang Ibrani, Ibrani
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hebraisk (no)

  Nynorsk: hebraisk

• Old English: Ebrēisċ
• Persian: عبری‎ (fa) ('ebri)
• Polish: hebrajski (pl)
• Portuguese: hebraico (pt)
• Romanian: evreiesc (ro)
• Russian: евре́йский (ru) (jevréjskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хебрејски m

  Roman: hebrejski (sh) m

• Slovak: hebrejský (sk) m
• Spanish: hebreo (es)
• Swedish: hebreisk (sv)
• Turkish: ibrani
• Urdu: عبرانی‎ m (ibrānī), عبری‎ m (ibrī)
• Vietnamese: (thuộc) người Do thái, Do thái
• Volapük: hebreyanik

pertaining to the language

• Arabic: عِبْرَانِيّ‎ (ʿibrāniyy), عِبْرِيّ‎ (ʿibriyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: عبري‎ (ʿebri)

• Armenian: եբրայերեն (hy) (ebrayeren), հրեերեն (hy) (hreeren)
• Asturian: hebréu (ast), hebraic (ast)
• Basque: hebrear
• Bulgarian: иврит m (ivrit)
• Catalan: hebreu (ca), hebraic
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 希伯來語 (hei¹ baak³ loi⁴ jyu⁵)

  Mandarin: 希伯來語 (zh), 希伯来语 (zh) (xībóláiyǔ), 希伯來 (zh), 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)
• 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
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hebraisk (no)

  Nynorsk: hebraisk

• Old English: Ebrēisċ
• Persian: عبرانی‎ (fa) ('ebrâni), عبری‎ (fa) ('ebri)
• Polish: hebrajski (pl)
• Portuguese: hebraico (pt)
• Romanian: ebraic (ro)
• Russian: евре́йский (ru) (jevréjskij), иври́тский (ru) (ivrítskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Eabhrais f, Eabhra f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хебрејски, јеврејски, хибру, ивритски

  Roman: hebrejski (sh), jevrejski (sh), hibru, ivritski

• Slovak: hebrejský (sk) m
• Spanish: hebreo (es)
• Swedish: hebreisk (sv), hebreiskspråkig
• Urdu: عبرانی‎ f (ibrānī), عبری‎‎ f (ibrī)
• Vietnamese: (thuộc) tiếng Do thái, Do thái
• Volapük: Hebreyapükik, hebreyik (vo)
• Yiddish: העברעיִש‎ (hebreish), עבֿרי‎ (ivri)

See also

• Jewish

Noun

Hebrew (countable and uncountable, plural Hebrews)

1. (countable) A member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
2. (countable) A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Eber.
3. (uncountable) The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people.
4. (uncountable) The writing system used in Hebrew language.
5. (uncountable, colloquial) Unintelligible speech or writing.

Hyponyms

• (language): Biblical Hebrew, Ivrit, Neo-Hebraic

Derived terms

• (language): Biblical Hebrew, Classical Hebrew
• Hebrewess
• Shebrew

Translations

person

• Arabic: عِبْرَانِيّ‎ m (ʿibrāniyy), عِبْرِيّ‎ m (ʿibriyy)
• Armenian: եբրայեցի (ebrayecʿi), հրեա (hrea)
• Basque: hebrear
• Catalan: hebreu (ca) m, hebrea (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 希伯來人 (zh), 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
• 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)
• Latin: hebraeus m, hebraea f
• Malay: orang Ibrani, Ibrani
• 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

• Slovak: Hebrej m, Hebrejka f
• Spanish: hebreo (es) m, hebrea (es) f
• Swedish: hebré c
• Vietnamese: người Do thái
• Volapük: (♂♀) hebreyan (vo), (♂) hihebreyan, (♀) jihebreyan

language — See also translations at Biblical Hebrew

• Albanian: gjuha hebraike (sq)
• Arabic: الْعِبْرَانِيَّة‎ f (al-ʿibrāniyya), الْعِبْرِيَّة‎ f (al-ʿibriyya), الْيَهُودِيَّة‎ f (al-yahūdiyya)

  Egyptian Arabic: عبري‎ m (ʿebri)

• Armenian: եբրայերեն (hy) (ebrayeren), հրեերեն (hy) (hreeren), իվրիտ (ivrit) (Modern Hebrew)
• Asturian: hebréu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: İvrit dili (az)
• Basque: hebreera (eu)
• Belarusian: іўры́т m (iŭrýt)
• Bulgarian: иври́т m (ivrít)
• Catalan: hebreu (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 希伯來語 (zh), 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
• 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, bahasa Ibrani (id)
• Interlingua: hebreo
• Irish: Eabhrais f

• Italian: ebraico (it) m
• Japanese: ヘブライ語 (ja) (heburai-go)
• Korean: 히브리어 (ko) (hibeurieo)
• Latin: hebraeus m
• Malay: bahasa Ibrani, Ibrani
• Maltese: Ebrew
• Navajo: Hííbwoo bizaad
• Norman: Hébreu m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hebraisk (no) m

  Nynorsk: hebraisk m

• Old English: Ebrēisċ n
• 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 (hēb‍rev bhāṣāva)
• Slovak: hebrejčina (sk) f
• Spanish: hebreo (es) m
• Swedish: hebreiska (sv) c
• Thai: ภาษาฮิบรู (paa-săa híp-roo)
• Tigrinya: ዕብራስጥ (ʿəbrasṭ)
• Turkish: İbranice (tr)
• Ukrainian: іври́т (uk) m (ivrýt)
• Urdu: عبرانی‎ m (ibrānī)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Hê-brơ (vi), tiếng Do Thái (vi)
• 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, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "person"

• Indonesian: ^{(молим проверите)} Yahudi, ^{(молим проверите)} Ibrani

• Persian: ^{(молим проверите)} عبری‎ (fa) (ebri), ^{(молим проверите)} عبرانی‎ (fa) (ebrani)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "language"

• Indonesian: ^{(молим проверите)} Yahudi, ^{(молим проверите)} Ibrani

• Persian: ^{(молим проверите)} عبری‎ (fa) (ebri), ^{(молим проверите)} عبرانی‎ (fa) (ebrani)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Хебрејски terms
• Hebrew language на Википедији.Википедији

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.

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code he, ISO 639-3 code heb
• Ethnologue entry for Hebrew, he