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Translation

Hebrew

Word origin

From Hebrew ivri, the people's own name for themselves, which travelled through Greek Hebraios and Latin Hebraeus into the modern European languages. Esperanto takes the international form and adds the adjective ending.

Origin
Hebrew, via Greek Hebraios and Latin Hebraeus
Root
Hebraeus
English cognates
Hebrew

Examples

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The Hebrew language is very old.

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He studies the Hebrew language at the university.

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Some Hebrew words also exist in Esperanto.

Like and , the language name is the adjective with : on its own means the Hebrew language. Zamenhof knew the language well - his early sketch of a Yiddish grammar and his Hebrew Bible translation both fed the ear that built Esperanto.

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This word is part of lesson 28.