חברה

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חברה^¹

/χevˈʁa/ Modern Israeli

noun חֶבְרָה · khevrá · חֲבָרוֹת · חֶבְרַת־ · חֶבְרוֹת־

Company, society: the state of being with one or more other people.
Company, society: one or more people that one is with.
A society: a collection of individuals with common characteristics or some connection between them.
A society, an association: a group of people who have united for a certain purpose.
A company, a corporation: a business with multiple owners, or owned by a group.
a community

חברה^²

/χaveˈʁa/ Modern Israeli

noun חֲבֵרָה · khaverá · חֲבֵרוֹת · חָבֵר

A female friend, or more generally a female teammate, classmate, partner, or similar.
specifically A girlfriend; a female romantic partner. ...וְהִיא חֲבֶרְתְּךָ וְאֵשֶׁת בְּרִיתֶךָ.
A female member (as of an organization or society).
A female comrade.

חברה^³

/ˈχav.ʁe/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Yiddish חבֿרה (khevre), in turn from Hebrew חֶבְרָה (khevrá), which is a doublet. An apostrophe or geresh is usually used to disambiguate from meanings above.

noun חֶבְרֶה · khévre · חֶבְרֶ׳ה

colloquial Friends, gang, guys, a group of friends.

In English

company in legal context, a corporation
friend person whose company one enjoys
corporation body corporate with legal personality
girlfriend a female partner in a romantic relationship
community (ecology) group of interdependent organisms
member one who officially belongs to a group
society group of people sharing culture
firm business partnership
comrade fellow socialist or communist

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {חברה},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%97%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%94},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}