חבר

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

חבר • (transliteration needed)

1. to associate with, to gather together

Root
ח־ב־ר (kh-b-r)

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

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈveʁ/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /xa.vejr/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħaˈver/
• (Syrian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħaˈber/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħɔˈver/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħɔˈveːr/, [ħɔːˈveː.eʀ̟]
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaːˈbir/, [χaːˈβɪːɾ]

חָבֵר • (khavér) m (plural indefinite חֲבֵרִים, singular construct חֲבֵר־, plural construct חַבְרֵי־, feminine counterpart חֲבֵרָה)

1. A (male) friend.

   אפיתי לחם תירס וטיגנתי לביבות לחברים שלי הערב.

   afíti lékhem tíras v'tigánti l'vivót lakhaverím shelí ha'érev.

   I baked some cornbread and fried some latkes for my friends this evening.

2. A (male) fellow, associate, companion, comrade.
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Avot 6:3:

     הַלּוֹמֵד מֵחֲבֵרוֹ פֶּרֶק אֶחָד אוֹ הֲלָכָה אַחַת אוֹ פָסוּק אֶחָד אוֹ דִבּוּר אֶחָד אוֹ אֲפִלּוּ אוֹת אַחַת, צָרִיךְ לִנְהוֹג בּוֹ כָבוֹד

     Hallomeḏ meḥǎvero pɛrɛq ʾɛḥɔḏ ʾo hǎlɔḵɔ ʾaḥaṯ ʾo pɔsuq ʾɛḥɔḏ ʾo dibur ʾɛḥɔḏ ʾo ʾǎfillu ʾoṯ ʾaḥaṯ, ṣɔriḵ linhoġ bo ḵɔvoḏ.

     Whoever learns from his fellow one chapter or one halakha or one verse or one word, or even one letter, should treat him with respect.

3. A boyfriend.

   הֶחָבֵר שֶׁלִּי וַאֲנִי הָלַכְנוּ לְסֶרֶט אֶתְמוֹל.

   Hekhavér shelí va'aní halákhnu l'séret etmól.

   My boyfriend and I went for a movie yesterday.

4. A (male) member
5. (communism) comrade (male)

• (friend): יָדִיד m (yadíd)

• חֲבֵר כְּנֶסֶת (khavér knéset)
• תַּלְמִיד חָבֵר (talmíd khavér)

• → Arabic: حَبْر (ḥabr), حِبْر (ḥibr)
• → English: chaver
• → Ladino: haver
• → Yiddish: חבֿר (khaver)
  • → Dutch: gabber
    • → English: gabber
    • → German: Gabber
  • → Finnish: kaveri
  • → German: Chawer
  • → Bavarian: Haberer
    • → German: Haberer
  • → Hungarian: haver
  • → Lithuanian: chebra

• H2270 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

חֶבֶר • (khéver) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. group, team, ensemble, staff
2. commonwealth, league (a group or association of cooperating members)

   חֶבֶר הַעַמִּים ― khéver ha'amím ― (the) League of Nations

3. company, gang, group

• חֶבֶר הַמְדִינוֹת (khéver ha-m'dinót)

חָבַר • (khavár) (pa'al construction)

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

or

חִבֵּר • (khibér) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of חיבר

חֻבַּר • (khubár) (pu'al construction)

1. defective spelling of חובר

• בחר, ח־ב־ר, חרב