hebrä

hebr + -ä | "Eber"

Latin hebraeus +‎ -isch

Zu עִבְרִי [iwriː] "von Auswärts", "Ausländer". Erstmals wird der Begriff in Genesis 14,13 EU für Abram (später "Abraham") gebraucht, der aus Chaldäa nach Kanaan gezogen war, dann für die Israeliten in Ägypten. Genesis 29,14 EU^{[Quellen fehlen]}

From Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos), from Hebrew עִבְרִי‎ (ʿiḇrī, “Hebrew”) probably via Aramaic עִבְרַי‎ (ʿiḇray, “Hebrew”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /heˈbrae̯.us/, [hɛˈbräe̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈbre.us/, [eˈbrɛːus]

Adjective

hebraeus (feminine hebraea, neuter hebraeum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Hebrew, of or related to the Hebrew language
2. Hebrew, of or related to Jewish people, particularly (historical) in antiquity

agrie. Ἑβραῖος Hebraîos

Borrowed from Hebrew עִבְרִי‎ (ʿiḇrī, “Hebrew”), likely through Aramaic עִבְרַי‎ (ʿiḇray, “Hebrew”).

Adjective

Ἑβραῖος • (Hebraîos) m (feminine Ἑβραίᾱ, neuter Ἑβραῖον); first/second declension

1. Hebrew, Israelite

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.

Eber

From Middle High German ëber, from Old High German ebur, from Proto-West Germanic *ebur, from Proto-Germanic *eburaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-r-.

Cognate with Dutch ever, Latin aper, Serbo-Croatian vepar. Despite the similarity in form and meaning, not related to obsolete dialectal Bär (“boar”) (which see), nor to Bär(“bear”).