Ancient Biblical Hebrews

 

Ancient Hebrew, also known as Biblical Hebrew or Classical Hebrew, is the original language of the Torah. You will often see the word Hebrew used interchangeably with the word Jew or Jewish. You will also see the word Hebrew used interchangeably with the words IVRI/IBRI or IVRIT. 

 

The first reference to a Hebrew person is to Abraham in the book of Genesis 14:13-

 

But one of Lot’s men escaped and reported everything to Abram the Hebrew, who was living near the oak grove belonging to Mamre the Amorite. Mamre and his relatives, Eshcol and Aner, were Abram’s allies.

 

Other Berean Bible Study References include: Joseph in Genesis 40:15-

 

...For I was kidnapped from my homeland, the land of the Hebrews, and now I’m here in prison, but I did nothing to deserve it.”

 

Exodus 3:18-

 

“The elders of Israel will accept your message. Then you and the elders must go to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘Yahuah, the Elohiym of the Hebrews, has met with us. So please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD, our Elohiym.’ 

 

1 Samuel 13:3-

 

"And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear."

 

Jeremiah 34:9-

 

He had ordered all the people to free their Hebrew slaves—both men and women. No one was to keep a fellow Judean in bondage. 

 

Even Jonah called himself a Hebrew (Ivrit) Jonah 1:9-

 

Jonah answered, “I am a Hebrew, and I worship the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the land.”

 

With so many translations it can be confusing, but it does not have to be. Take your time to research by cross referencing scriptures containing these words. Refer to older original texts and writings to get closer to the original meanings and therefore, functions of Hebrew/Ivrit words. Hebrew words and names are all about function and experience. The Cepher Bible is pretty close. In it you will find regular use of the words IVRIT, IVRIY, IVRYIM (plural), and many missing texts from the bible such as Jubilees (also known as "Little Genesis"). as well as,  Maccabees, Enoch, Tobit, Judith, and others found in the Apocrypha.  These books contain information about our people and history that shake the foundations of everything you may have believed before now about the People of the Book (bible).