Hebrew is also a group of people - it's what the 'jews' called themselves before Jerusalem was a city.
"HeÌâåábrew noun 1. a member of the Semitic peoples inhabiting ancient Palestine and claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; an Israelite." Dictionary.com
The word was used in the Bible as early as Genesis.
"A man who had escaped came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew." Gen 14:13
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Hebrew is also a group of people - it's what the 'jews' called themselves before Jerusalem was a city.
"HeÌâåábrew noun 1. a member of the Semitic peoples inhabiting ancient Palestine and claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; an Israelite." Dictionary.com
The word was used in the Bible as early as Genesis.
"A man who had escaped came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew." Gen 14:13