חבר

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חבר

  • /χaˈveʁ/ Modern Israeli
  • /xa.vejr/
  • /ħaˈver/
  • /ħaˈber/
  • /ħɔˈver/
  • /ħɔˈveːr/
  • [ħɔːˈveː.eʀ̟]
  • /χaːˈbir/
  • [χaːˈβɪːɾ]

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Cognate with Arabic خ ب ر (ḵ b r) and Aramaic חבר.

noun חָבֵר · khavér · חֲבֵרִים · חֲבֵר־ · חַבְרֵי־ · חֲבֵרָה

  1. A (male) friend. אפיתי לחם תירס וטיגנתי לביבות לחברים שלי הערב.

    Similar: יָדִיד

  2. A (male) fellow, associate, companion, comrade. הַלּוֹמֵד מֵחֲבֵרוֹ פֶּרֶק אֶחָד אוֹ הֲלָכָה אַחַת אוֹ פָסוּק אֶחָד אוֹ דִבּוּר אֶחָד אוֹ אֲפִלּוּ אוֹת אַחַת, צָרִיךְ לִנְהוֹג בּוֹ כָבוֹד
  3. A boyfriend. הֶחָבֵר שֶׁלִּי וַאֲנִי הָלַכְנוּ לְסֶרֶט אֶתְמוֹל.
  4. A (male) member
  5. broadly comrade (male)

noun חֶבֶר · khéver · חֲבָרִים · חֶבֶר־ · חֶבְרֵי־

  1. group, team, ensemble, staff
  2. commonwealth, league (a group or association of cooperating members) חֶבֶר הַעַמִּים
  3. company, gang, group

verb חָבַר · khavár · לחבור · לַחֲבֹר · חֲבִירָה · חָבוּר

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

verb חִבֵּר · khibér

  1. construction pi'el, misspelling defective spelling of חיבר

verb חֻבַּר · khubár

  1. construction pu'al, misspelling defective spelling of חובר

In English

  • friend person whose company one enjoys
  • member one who officially belongs to a group
  • comrade fellow socialist or communist

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {חבר},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%97%D7%91%D7%A8},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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