BEYT HALAKA SCROLL- BRIT HACHADASH: The New Testament. Hebrew Names. Hebrew Pronunciation. Written in English. LEARN TRUE NAMES OF SCRIPTURES
Brit HaChadashah
The modern English word "Hebrew" is derived from Old French Ebrau, via Latin from the Greek Ἑβραῖος (hevraîos) and Aramaic 'ibrāy, all ultimately derived from Biblical Hebrew Ivri (עברי), one of several names for the Israelite (Jewish and Samaritan) people (Hebrews). It is traditionally understood to be an adjective based on the name of Abraham's ancestor, Eber, mentioned in Genesis 10:21. The name is believed to be based on the Semitic root ʕ-b-r (עבר) meaning "beyond", "other side", "across";[20] interpretations of the term "Hebrew" generally render its meaning as roughly "from the other side [of the river/desert]"—i.e., an exonym for the inhabitants of the land of Israel and Judah, perhaps from the perspective of Mesopotamia, Phoenicia or Transjordan (with the river referenced perhaps the Euphrates, Jordan or Litani; or maybe the northern Arabian Desert between Babylonia and Canaan).[21] Compare the word Habiru or cognate Assyrian ebru, of identical meaning.[22]
One of the earliest references to the language's name as "Ivrit" is found in the prologue to the Book of Ben Sira,[a][clarification needed] from the 2nd century BCE.[23] The Hebrew Bible does not use the term "Hebrew" in reference to the language of the Hebrew people;[24] its later historiography, in the Book of Kings, refers to it as יְהוּדִית Yehudit 'Judahite (language)'.[25]
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