Habiru
Sign in to saveAlso known as Hapiru, ʿApiru, Apiru
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- The Sumerogram {{smallcaps|sa.gaz}}
- Hapiru, Habiru, and ʿApiru
- Habiru and the biblical Hebrews
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
thumb|alt= Cuneiform SA.KAS and KU6.KAŠ.RU| Cuneiform of Sumerian language|Sumerian and corresponding West Semitic ha-bi-ru
ʿApiru (, ), also known in the Akkadian version Ḫabiru (sometimes written Habiru, Ḫapiru or Hapiru; Akkadian: 𒄩𒁉𒊒, ḫa-bi-ru or *ʿaperu) is a term used in 2nd-millennium BCE texts throughout the Fertile Crescent for a social status of people who were variously described as rebels, outlaws, raiders, mercenaries, bowmen, servants, slaves, and laborers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Habiru” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.