entity · term_habiru
Ḫabiru / ʿApiru terminology
A broad ancient social designation that overlaps neither automatically nor completely with Hebrew.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1500 BCE–1100 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides primary evidence
The El-Amarna Correspondence: A New Edition of the Cuneiform Letters from the Site of El-Amarna Based on Collations of All Extant Tablets — Anson F. Rainey (2015)Demonstrates context-dependent use.
Locator: Ḫabiru/SA.GAZ passages
Research description
A broad ancient social designation that overlaps neither automatically nor completely with Hebrew. Website labels and tooltips must display the source date and meaning rather than normalize all periods into one identity.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides primary evidence
The El-Amarna Correspondence: A New Edition of the Cuneiform Letters from the Site of El-Amarna Based on Collations of All Extant Tablets — Anson F. Rainey (2015)Demonstrates context-dependent use.
Locator: Ḫabiru/SA.GAZ passages
Referenced records
- Southern Levant · entity