חבר

See also: חבֿר and ח־ב־ר

Aramaic

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic خ ب ر (ḵ b r) and Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Verb

חבר • (transliteration needed)

  1. to associate with, to gather together

Hebrew

Root
ח־ב־ר (ḥ-b-r)

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic خ ب ر (ḵ b r) and Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. A (male) friend.
    אפיתי לחם תירס וטיגנתי לביבות לחברים שלי הערב.
    afíti lékhem tíras v'tigánti l'vivót lakhaverím shelí ha'érev.
    I baked some cornbread and fried some latkes for my friends this evening.
  2. A (male) fellow, associate, companion, comrade.
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Avot 6:3:
      הַלּוֹמֵד מֵחֲבֵרוֹ פֶּרֶק אֶחָד אוֹ הֲלָכָה אַחַת אוֹ פָסוּק אֶחָד אוֹ דִבּוּר אֶחָד אוֹ אֲפִלּוּ אוֹת אַחַת, צָרִיךְ לִנְהוֹג בּוֹ כָבוֹד
      Hallomeḏ meḥǎvero pɛrɛq ʾɛḥɔḏ ʾo hǎlɔḵɔ ʾaḥaṯ ʾo pɔsuq ʾɛḥɔḏ ʾo dibur ʾɛḥɔḏ ʾo ʾǎfillu ʾoṯ ʾaḥaṯ, ṣɔriḵ linhoġ bo ḵɔvoḏ.
      Whoever learns from his fellow one chapter or one halakha or one verse or one word, or even one letter, should treat him with respect.
  1. A boyfriend.
    הֶחָבֵר שֶׁלִּי וַאֲנִי הָלַכְנוּ לְסֶרֶט אֶתְמוֹל.
    Hekhavér shelí va'aní halákhnu l'séret etmól.
    My boyfriend and I went for a movie yesterday.
  2. A (male) member
  3. (communism) a (male) comrade

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: chaver
  • Ladino: haver
  • Yiddish: חבֿר (khaver)

Further reading

Noun

חֶבֶר • (khéver) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. group, team, ensemble, staff
  2. commonwealth, league (a group or association of cooperating members)
    חֶבֶר הַעַמִּיםkhéver ha'amím(the) League of Nations
  3. company, gang, group

Verb

חָבַר • (khavár) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to join (person), to join in, to team up with, to join forces with
  2. to be friends with, to associate with
  3. (talmudic) to band up against

Verb

חִבֵּר • (khibér) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of חיבר

Verb

חֻבַּר • (khubár) third-singular masculine past (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of חובר

Anagrams

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