the Berasit Hebrew Dictionary

העברי

'Heyeberi' (also pronounced 'hebri' or 'habiru') refers to the “Hebrews” - the main character group of the Hebrew texts.

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 preffix in order to highlight the etymological evolution through yebiri –> heyeberi –> Hebrew

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.

Please see yeberi for further information.