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 [Josh 24:2]; [Josh 24:3] E), but possibly in fact (if name given in Cannan) from beyond the Jordan; compare Ges«GKC:2b»§ 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 [Gen 39:14] +; feminine singular עִבְרִיָּה [Deut 15:12]; [Jer 34:9] masculine plural עִבְרִים [Gen 43:32] +, עִבְרִיִּים [Exod 3:18] feminine plural עִבְרִיֹּת [Exod 1:15] + 2 t., וֺת- [Exod 1:16] word not in P; —
1. adjective a. אִישׁ עִבְרִי [Gen 39:14] compare v[Gen 39:17] (both J), [Gen 41:12] (E).
\ \ b. אִישׁ בְִרִי [Exod 2:11] compare v[Exod 2:13]; [Exod 21:2] (all E), [Deut 15:12]; [Jer 34:9]; [Jer 34:14] feminine [Deut 15:12]; [Jer 34:9].
2. noun a. b. [Exod 1:16]; [Exod 1:19]; [Exod 2:17] (all feminine) [Exod 2:6] (all E), [1Sam 4:6]; [1Sam 4:9]; [1Sam 13:19]; [1Sam 14:11]; [1Sam 29:3].
\ \ b. [Gen 40:15]; [Exod 1:15] (feminine; both E), [1Sam 13:3]; [1Sam 14:21]; [Gen 43:32] (J); especially in אֱלֹהֵי הָעִבְרִים [Exod 3:18]; [Exod 5:3]; [Exod 7:16]; [Exod 9:1]; [Exod 9:13]; [Exod 10:3] (all J); singular only ׳אַבְרָם הָע [Gen 14:13] אָנֹ֑כִי ׳ע [Jonah 1:9]. — ᵐ5 Ἐβραῖος, Ἐβραία, [Gen 14:13] τῷ περάτῃ. — [1Sam 13:7] read probably for ׳וְעִבְרִים וגו, וְעָֽבְרוּ מַעְבְּרוֺת הַיַּרְדֵּן (We), or, better, וַיַּעַבְרוּ Dr Kit Löhr; > וְעַם רַב Klo Bu HPS.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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