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Habiru

Habiru noun: a social class or status group described as marginalized outsiders in ancient Near Eastern texts from the 2nd millinnium BCE, spanning regions such as Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Syria, Canaan, and Egypt.

Noun

Habiru pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) A social class or status group described as marginalized outsiders in ancient Near Eastern texts from the 2nd millinnium BCE, spanning regions such as Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Syria, Canaan, and Egypt.

Forms of Habiru

alternative formHabiri
alternative formHapiru

Questions about Habiru

What does Habiru mean?
Habiru means a social class or status group described as marginalized outsiders in ancient Near Eastern texts from the 2nd millinnium BCE, spanning regions such as Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Syria, Canaan, and Egypt.
What part of speech is Habiru?
Habiru is a noun.

Words near Habiru in the dictionary

  1. habilitators
  2. habilitie
  3. habilities
  4. hability
  5. Habiri
  6. Habiru
  7. habis
  8. habit
  9. habit and repute
  10. habit cough
  11. habit coughs

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