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writings use the names Hebraios, Hebraïsti and in Mishnaic Hebrew we find ????? 'Hebrew' and ???? ????? 'Hebrew language'. The origin of this term is obscure; suggested origins include the biblical Eber, the ethnonyms ?Apiru, Habiru, and Hapiru found in sources from ancient Egypt and West Asia, and a derivation from the root ??? 'to pass', alluding to crossing over the Jordan River.

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