עברי

עִבְרַי • (ʿiḇray) m

1. absolute form of עבריא‎ (ʿiḇrayā, “Hebrew”)

• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons

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.

עִבְרִי • (ivrí) (feminine עִבְרִית‎, masculine plural עִבְרִים‎ or עִבְרִיִּים‎, feminine plural עִבְרִיּוֹת‎)

1. Hebrew
   • Exodus 2:13, with translation of the International Standard Version:

     ‏וַיֵּצֵא בַּיּוֹם הַשֵּׁנִי וְהִנֵּה שְׁנֵי־אֲנָשִׁים עִבְרִים נִצִּים וַיֹּאמֶר לָרָשָׁע לָמָּה תַכֶּה רֵעֶךָ׃‎‎

     Going out the next day, Moses noticed two Hebrew men fighting right in front of him. He told the one who was at fault, “Why did you strike your companion?”

   • (Can we date this quote?), Amer Dahamshe, “נישול לשוני”, in Haaretz‎:

     ‏במחקר שערכתי התחוור לי, שחלק משמות היישובים בערבית מעידים גם על שילוב של יסודות עבריים.‎‎

     In the study I conducted it became clear to me, that some of the names of Arabic communities also attest to a combination of Hebrew elements.

עִבְרִי • (ivrí) m (plural indefinite עִבְרִים‎, feminine counterpart עברייה / עִבְרִיָּה‎)

1. Hebrew (person)