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   He·brew

   /ˈhēˌbro͞o/

   

   noun

   • 1. a member of an ancient people living in what is now Israel and Palestine and, according to biblical tradition, descended from the patriarch Jacob, grandson of Abraham. After the Exodus (c. 1300 bc) they established the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, and their scriptures and traditions form the basis of the Jewish religion.
   • ▪ a Jewish person. dated, offensive
   • 2. a Semitic language used by the ancient Hebrews and in modern Israel.

   adjective

   • 1. of the ancient Hebrews or the Jewish people.
   • 2. of or in Hebrew.

   Word Origin from Old French Ebreu, via Latin from late Greek Hebraios, from Aramaic ‘iḇray, based on Hebrew ‘iḇrî understood to mean ‘one from the other side (of the river)’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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