[ 'hi:bru: ]
■ noun
1》 a member of an ancient people living in what is now Israel and Palestine, who established the kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
↘ dated or offensive a Jew.
2》 the Semitic language of the ~s, in its ancient or modern form.
Origin
from OFr. Ebreu , via L. from late Gk Hebraios , from Aramaic ῾i ḇ ray , based on Heb. ῾i ḇ rî , understood to mean 'one from the other side (of the river)'.