עִבְרִי • (ivrí) (feminine עִבְרִית, masculine plural עִבְרִים or עִבְרִיִּים, feminine plural עִבְרִיּוֹת)
עִבְרִי • (ivri) m (plural indefinite עִבְרִים)
Traditionally from עֵבֶר ('éver, “Eber”), the ancestor of the Israelites. Probably from עָבַר ('avár, “to cross”), from the crossing of the river Euphrates to Canaan.