Hebrew

(hē'brū), n. [Lat. Hebræus, Gr. Ἑβραῖος, Fr. Hébreu, Heb. ʿibrī, i. e., coming from beyond the Euphrates, from ʿēbher, the country beyond the Euphrates, or, according to the conjecture of some, one of the descendants of Eber or Heber, the son of Salah, and a descendant of Shem.]

1Sense 1. One of the descendants of Jacob; one of the ancient inhabitants of Palestine; an Israelite; a Jew.

2Sense 2. The Hebrew language; one of the Semitic family of languages, allied to the Hebrew and the Aramaean.