Habiri
- a variation of Habiru.
Example Sentences
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We find the Habiri especially in the very act of ruining some of these petty princes, others of whom preferred to make treaties with their unwelcome guests, though this indeed was apparently in secret only.
From The Tell El Amarna Period by Hutchison, J. (Jane)
They may have been Hittite spearmen enrolled by the prince of Kadesh, much as the Habiri and Sutu had been enlisted by his chief rival Namyauza.
From The Tell El Amarna Period by Hutchison, J. (Jane)
Two probably came from the wife of Milki-El, who was hard pressed by the Habiri when her husband was called to Egypt.
From The Tell El Amarna Period by Hutchison, J. (Jane)
Behold, now Namyauza hath delivered up to the Habiri all the king's cities in the land of Kadesh and in Ube.
From The Tell El Amarna Period by Hutchison, J. (Jane)
In the north the nomadic Sutu, in the south the Habiri pressed forward and encroached upon Egyptian territory.
From The Tell El Amarna Period by Hutchison, J. (Jane)
