חבר

Aramaic

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic خ ب ر (ḵ b r) and Hebrew חבר.

Verb

חבר • (transliteration needed)

1. to associate with, to gather together

Hebrew

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic خ ب ر (ḵ b r) and Aramaic חבר.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈveʁ/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /xa.vejr/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħaˈver/
• (Syrian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħaˈber/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħɔˈver/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħɔˈveːr/,
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaːˈbeːr/,

Noun

חָבֵר • (khavér) m (plural indefinite חֲבֵרִים, singular construct חֲבֵר־, plural construct חַבְרֵי־, feminine counterpart חֲבֵרָה)

1. A (male) friend.

   אפיתי לחם תירס וטיגנתי לביבות לחברים שלי הערב.

   afíti lékhem tíras v'tigánti l'vivót lakhaverím shelí ha'érev.

   I baked some cornbread and fried some latkes for my friends this evening.

2. A (male) fellow, associate, companion, comrade.
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Avot 6:3:

     הַלּוֹמֵד מֵחֲבֵרוֹ פֶּרֶק אֶחָד אוֹ הֲלָכָה אַחַת אוֹ פָסוּק אֶחָד אוֹ דִבּוּר אֶחָד אוֹ אֲפִלּוּ אוֹת אַחַת, צָרִיךְ לִנְהוֹג בּוֹ כָבוֹד

     Hallomeḏ meḥǎvero pɛrɛq ʾɛḥɔḏ ʾo hǎlɔḵɔ ʾaḥaṯ ʾo pɔsuq ʾɛḥɔḏ ʾo dibur ʾɛḥɔḏ ʾo ʾǎfillu ʾoṯ ʾaḥaṯ, ṣɔriḵ linhoġ bo ḵɔvoḏ.

     Whoever learns from his fellow one chapter or one halakha or one verse or one word, or even one letter, should treat him with respect.

1. A boyfriend.

   הֶחָבֵר שֶׁלִּי וַאֲנִי הָלַכְנוּ לְסֶרֶט אֶתְמוֹל.

   Hekhavér shelí va'aní halákhnu l'séret etmól.

   My boyfriend and I went for a movie yesterday.

2. A (male) member
3. (communism) a (male) comrade

Declension

Synonyms

• (friend): יָדִיד m (yadíd)

Derived terms

• חֲבֵר כְּנֶסֶת (khavér k'néset)

Descendants

• → Arabic: حِبْر (ḥibr)
• → English: chaver
• → Ladino: haver
• → Yiddish: חבֿר (khaver)
  • → Dutch: gabber
    • → English: gabber
  • → Finnish: kaveri
  • → Bavarian: Haberer
    • → German: Haberer
  • → Hungarian: haver
  • → Lithuanian: chebra

Further reading

• H2270 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Noun

חֶבֶר • (khéver) m

1. group, team, ensemble, staff
2. commonwealth, league (a group or association of cooperating members)

   חֶבֶר הַעַמִּים ― khéver ha'amím ― (the) League of Nations

3. company, gang, group

Derived terms

• חֶבֶר הַמְדִינוֹת (khéver ha-m'dinót)

Verb

חָבַר • (khavár) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

1. to join (person), to join in, to team up with, to join forces with
2. to be friends with, to associate with
3. (talmudic) to band up against

Conjugation

or

Verb

חִבֵּר • (khibér) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of חיבר

Verb

חֻבַּר • (khubár) third-singular masculine past (pu'al construction)

1. defective spelling of חובר

Anagrams

• בחר, ח־ב־ר, חרב