hebreo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heˈbreo/

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• Rhymes: -eo
• Hyphenation: he‧bre‧o

Noun

hebreo (accusative singular hebreon, plural hebreoj, accusative plural hebreojn)

1. (ethnography, religion, dated) Jew, Hebrew

   Synonym: judo

   Hyponym: judismano

   • 1933, L. L. Zamenhof, “Preĝo sub la verda standardo”, in The British Esperantist:

     Kristanoj, hebreoj, aŭ mohametanoj,
     Ni ĉiuj de Di' estas filoj.

     Christians, Jews, or Muslims,
     We are all sons of God.

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ebreo, ebreu (“Hebrew, Jew”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin hebraeus, from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos), from Hebrew עִבְרִי (“Hebrew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eˈβɾeʊ]

Noun

hebreo m (plural hebreos, feminine hebrea, feminine plural hebreas)

1. Hebrew (person)

   Synonym: xudeu

2. Hebrew (language)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ebreo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ebreo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “hebreo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Adjective

hebreo (feminine hebrea, masculine plural hebrei, feminine plural hebree)

1. Obsolete spelling of ebreo.
   • 1708, Giovanni Maria Chiericato, La Seconda Età del Mondo‎, 2nd edition, Venetia, pages 204–5:

     L’Undecima conſiſte nelle Decime, che Abrahamo diede delle ſue ſpoglie guerriere à Melchiſedech, ſignificative del popolo hebreo, quale all’hora era ne’ ì Lombi d’Abramo, come diſcorre l’Apoſtolo nell’antedetta ſua Lettera à gl’Hebrei nel capo ſettimo al verſo ottavo.

     The eleventh persists in the tithes, which Abraham gave from his casualties of war to Melchizedek, significant of the Jewish people, which at the time was in Abraham’s loins, like the Apostle discusses in his aforesaid letter to the Jews in the seventh head of verse eight.

Noun

hebreo m (plural hebrei, feminine hebrea)

1. Obsolete spelling of ebreo.
   • 1708, Giovanni Maria Chiericato, La Seconda Età del Mondo‎, 2nd edition, Venetia, pages 204–5:

     L’Undecima conſiſte nelle Decime, che Abrahamo diede delle ſue ſpoglie guerriere à Melchiſedech, ſignificative del popolo hebreo, quale all’hora era ne’ ì Lombi d’Abramo, come diſcorre l’Apoſtolo nell’antedetta ſua Lettera à gl’Hebrei nel capo ſettimo al verſo ottavo.

     The eleventh persists in the tithes, which Abraham gave from his casualties of war to Melchizedek, significant of the Jewish people, which at the time was in Abraham’s loins, like the Apostle discusses in his aforesaid letter to the Jews in the seventh head of verse eight.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hebraeus, from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos), from Aramaic עִבְרַי (ʿiḇray), from Hebrew עִבְרִי (ʿiḇrī́).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈbɾeo/ [eˈβ̞ɾe.o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: he‧bre‧o

Adjective

hebreo (feminine hebrea, masculine plural hebreos, feminine plural hebreas)

1. Hebrew

Noun

hebreo m (plural hebreos, feminine hebrea, feminine plural hebreas)

1. Hebrew person

Noun

hebreo m (uncountable)

1. Hebrew (language)

Further reading

• “hebreo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10