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He.brew \'he--(.)bru:\ n [ME Ebreu, fr. OF, fr. LL Hebraeus, fr. L, adj., 
   fr. Gk Hebraios], fr. Aram 'Ebrai 1: a member of or descendant from one of 
   a group of northern Semitic people s including the Israelites; esp : 
   ISRAELITE 2a: the Semitic language of the ancient Hebrews  2b: any of 
   various later forms of this language  - Hebrew aj