Lexical Summary Ibri: perhaps descendant of Eber, also another name for an Israelite Original Word: עִבְרִיTransliteration: Ibri Phonetic Spelling: (ib-ree') Part of Speech: Adjective and name of a people; noun Short Definition: perhaps descendant of Eber, also another name for an Israelite Meaning: Hebrews -- perhaps descendant of Eber, also another name for an Israelite Strong's Concordance Hebrewess, woman Patronymic from Eber; an Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of Eber -- Hebrew(-ess, woman). see HEBREW Eber Brown-Driver-Briggs H5680. Ibri I. עִבְרִי adjective and name of a people Hebrew, either a. put into the mouth of foreigners (Egyptian and Philistine), or b. used to distinguish Israel from foreigners (= one from beyond, from the other side, i.e. probably (in Hebrew tradition) from beyond the Euphrates (compare Joshua 24:2-3,E), but possibly in fact (if name given in Cannan) from beyond the Jordan; compare Ges§ 2b Sta§ 1 b Köi. 18 ff. WeIsrael u. Jüd. Geschichte. 7 Kau'Eber' and 'Hebräer' in RiHWB 332; 600. — On connection of ׳ע (in wide sense) with –abiri (Tel Amarna) see WklGeschichte. Israel 17 ff.; Semitic Studies in Mem. of Kohut, 605 ff. EMeyAegyptica [Ebers], 75 compare GlaserMVG 1897, 255 ff. KöExp. Times xi. 238; opposed to JastrJBL xi (1892), 118 ff. SayMonuments 188; 333 WMMAs.u.Eur.396): — masculine singular ׳ע Genesis 39:14 +; feminine singular עִבְרִיָּה Deuteronomy 15:12; Jeremiah 34:9; masculine plural עִבְרִים Genesis 43:32 +, עִבְרִיִּים Exodus 3:18; feminine plural עִבְרִיֹּת 1:15 2t., וֺת- 1:16 word not in P; — 1. adjective a. עִבְרִי אִישׁ Genesis 39:14 compare 39:17 (both J), 41:12 (E). b. בְִרִי אִישׁ Exodus 2:11 compare 2:13; 21:2 (all E), Deuteronomy 15:12; Jeremiah 34:9, 14; feminine Deuteronomy 15:12; Jeremiah 34:9. 2. noun a. b. Exodus 1:16, 19; 2:17 (all feminine) 2:6 (all E), 1 Samuel 4:6, 9; 13:19; 14:11; 29:3. b. Genesis 40:15; Exodus 1:15 (feminine; both E), 1 Samuel 13:3; 14:21; Genesis 43:32 (J); especially in הָעִבְרִים אֱלֹהֵי Exodus 3:18; 5:3; 7:16; 9:1, 13; 10:3 (all J); singular only הָע ׳אַבְרָם Genesis 14:13 ׳ע אָנֹ֑כִי Jonah 1:9. — ᵐ5 Ἐβραῖος, Ἐβραία, Genesis 14:13 τῷ περάτῃ. — 1 Samuel 13:7 read probably for הַיַּרְדֵּן מַעְבְּרוֺת וְעָֽבְרוּ וגו, ׳וְעִבְרִים (We), or, better, וַיַּעַבְרוּ Dr Kit Löhr; > רַב וְעַם Klo Bu HPS. |
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