עברי

Aramaic

Noun

עִבְרַי • (ʿiḇray) m

1. absolute form of עבריא (ʿiḇrayā, “Hebrew”)

References

• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons

Hebrew

Etymology

Traditionally from עֵבֶר ('éver, “Eber”), the ancestor of the Israelites. Probably related to עָבַר ('avár, “to cross”), from the crossing of the river Euphrates or Jordan to Canaan.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

עִבְרִי • (ivrí) (feminine עִבְרִית, masculine plural עִבְרִים or עִבְרִיִּים, feminine plural עִבְרִיּוֹת)

1. Hebrew
   • Tanach, Exodus 2:13, with translation of International Standard Version:

     וַיֵּצֵא בַּיּוֹם הַשֵּׁנִי וְהִנֵּה שְׁנֵי־אֲנָשִׁים עִבְרִים נִצִּים וַיֹּאמֶר לָרָשָׁע לָמָּה תַכֶּה רֵעֶךָ׃

     Going out the next day, Moses noticed two Hebrew men fighting right in front of him. He told the one who was at fault, “Why did you strike your companion?”

   • (Can we date this quote?), Amer Dahamshe, “נישול לשוני”, in Haaretz‎:

     במחקר שערכתי התחוור לי, שחלק משמות היישובים בערבית מעידים גם על שילוב של יסודות עבריים.

     In the study I conducted it became clear to me, that some of the names of Arabic communities also attest to a combination of Hebrew elements.

Noun

עִבְרִי • (ivrí) m (plural indefinite עִבְרִים, feminine counterpart עברייה / עִבְרִיָּה)

1. Hebrew (person)
   • Tanach, Jonah 1:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם עִבְרִי אָנֹכִי וְאֶת־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם אֲנִי יָרֵא אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה אֶת־הַיָּם וְאֶת־הַיַּבָּשָׁה׃

     va-yómer aleihém 'ivrí anokhí v-et Adonái elohéi ha-shamáyim aní yaré ashér 'asá et ha-yam v-et ha-yabashá

     And he said unto them: ‘I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who hath made the sea and the dry land.’