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| 'Heyeberi' (also pronounced 'hebri' or 'habiru') refers to the main character group within the ancient [[Hebrew]] texts, "the Hebrews", also sometimes called Israelites, "children of [[Iseral]]", [[ihodim]], and a few other terms. A more modern term "Jew" is roughly approximate, having evolved from the ancient term [[yehudit]]. | 'Heyeberi' (also pronounced 'hebri' or 'habiru') refers to the "Hebrews" - the main character group of the Hebrew texts. |
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| For some strange reason, the academic and "mainstream" community tends to downplay the use of the word within the ancient Hebrew texts themselves, making statements such as "It does not appear very often in the Bible", or "to interpret the term as referring to the Hebrews ...[is] unlikely."((Jonathan Orr-Stav, author of "Aleph Through the Looking Glass")) Despite this popular academic view the term occurs around 70 times, certainly not a rare occurrence. | For the sake of consistently, we should really list this word under [[yeberi]], ignoring the 'he' prefix as we usually do (for the usual good reasons discussed at [[affixes]]). This page has been included with the prefix in order to highlight the etymological evolution through yebiri --> heyeberi --> Hebrew |
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| Other scholars are quick to point out the occurrence of the word in non-Hebraic ancient texts such as the ancient Egyptian "Amarna Letters" and many other text written in Akkadian or Ugaritic. These scholars generally interpret the term as a social slur roughly indicating "dirty bandits", based on some fairly weak etymology that might simply reveal the underlying longevity of antisemitism. | Dropping the prefix makes it more clear that the 'yeberi' take their name from [[yeber]] (aka Eber), a character from Genesis who was Abraham's great-great-great-great-grandfather. |
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| It is possible that the word is related to [[Eber]], a character from Genesis who was Abraham's (Eberim) great-great-great-great-grandfather, and who is implicated in Genesis 10:21 in a possible equating of Eber and [[Sem]]. Specifically, the verse seems to refer to Sem as "the father of all the children of Eber." | Please see [[yeberi]] for further information. |
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| *[[ihodim]]: "the People of [[Ihoh]]", used 65 times | |
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| LexID 95674, 5674, 5680 | |
