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title: עִבְרִי — Hebrew · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עִבְרִי (5680), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 34 times: Hebrew. BDB 1906: adj. gent. Hebrew adj. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עִבְרִי

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«עִבְרִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hebrew** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 34 times · **Key:** 5680 · **BDB:** עִבְרִי

### Glosses

the.Hebrews (9); Hebrews (8); Hebrew (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hebrew [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5680/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. gent. Hebrew adj. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5680/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. et n. gent. Hebrew, either put into the mouth of foreigners (Egyptian and Philist.), or used to distinguish Isr. from foreigners ( = one from beyond, from the other side, i.e. prob. (in Heb. trad.) from beyond the Euphrates (cf. Jos 24:2, 3 E), but poss. in fact (if name given in Canaan) from beyond the Jordan; cf. Ges§ 2 bSta§ 1 b Köi. 18 ff. WeIsr. u. Jüd. Gesch. 7 Kau‘Eber’ and ‘Hebräer’ in RiHWB 332, 600.—On connexion of ע׳ (in wide sense) with Ḫabirû (Tel Am.) v. WklGesch. Isr. 17 ff.; Sem. Studies in Mem. of Kohut, 605 ff. EMeyAegyptica \[Ebers\], 75 cf. GlaserMVG 1897, 255 ff. KöExp. Times xi. 238; opp. JastrJBL xi (1892), 118 ff. SayMonuments 188, 333 WMMAs. u. Eur. 396);—ms. ע׳ Gn 39:14 +; fs. עִבְרִיָּה Dt 15:12 Je 34:9; mpl. עִבְרִים Gn 43:32 +, עִבְרִיִּים Ex 3:18; fpl. עִבְרִיֹּת Ex 1:15 + 2 times, -וֹת 1:16; word not in P;— adj. אִישׁ עִבְרִי Gn 39:14 cf. v 17 (both J), 41:12 (E). אִישׁ עִבְרִי Ex 2:11 cf. v 13; 21:2 (all E), Dt 15:12; Je 34:9, 14; f. Dt 15:12; Je 34:9. n. Ex 1:16, 19; 2:7 (all f.) 2:6 (all E), 1 S 4:6, 9; 13:19; 14:11; 29:3. Gn 40:15 Ex 1:15 (f.; both E), 1 S 13:3; 14:21; Gn 43:32 (J); especially in אֱלֹהֵי הָעִבְרִים Ex 3:18; 5:3; 7:16; 9:1, 13; 10:3 (all J); sg. only אַבְרָם הָע׳ Gn 14:13, ע׳ אָנֹ֑כִי Jon 1:9.—𝔊 Ἐβραῖος, Ἐβραία, Gn 14:13 τῷ περάτῃ.—1 S 13:7 read prob. for וְעִבְרִים וגו׳, וְעָֽבְרוּ מַעְבְּרוֹת הַיַּרְדֵּן (We), or, better, וַיַּעַבְרוּ Dr Kit Löhr; \> וְעַם רַב Klo Bu HPS.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 32 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עִבְרִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5680/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 21:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.21.2/)

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כִּ֤י תִקְנֶה֙ עֶ֣בֶד עִבְרִ֔י שֵׁ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים יַעֲבֹ֑ד וּבַ֨שְּׁבִעִ֔ת יֵצֵ֥א לַֽחָפְשִׁ֖י חִנָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you.will.buy a.slave Hebrew six years he.will.serve and in the.seventh \[year\] he.will.go.out to.(the) free \[person\] without.paying

*JPS 1917:* If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

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[1 Samuel 13:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.13.19/)

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וְחָרָשׁ֙ לֹ֣א יִמָּצֵ֔א בְּכֹ֖ל אֶ֣רֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּֽי־אָמְר֣וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים פֶּ֚ן יַעֲשׂ֣וּ הָעִבְרִ֔ים חֶ֖רֶב א֥וֹ חֲנִֽית׃

*Word for word:* and a.craftsman not he.was.found in all the.land of.Israel (dm) they.said \[the\].Philistines lest they.should.make the Hebrews a.sword or a.spear

*JPS 1917:* Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said: 'Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears';

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