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title: עֵבֶר — Eber · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֵבֶר (5677), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: Eber. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Eber. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֵבֶר

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«עֵבֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Eber** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 15 times · **Key:** 5677 · **BDB:** עֵ֫בֶר²

### Glosses

Eber (13); \[were\].Eber (1); of.Eber (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Eber [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5677/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Eber [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5677/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Eber (perhaps eponym of Hebrews, form inferred from עִבְרִי, cf. reff. there);— ‘son’ of Shelaḥ, and ‘grandson’ of Arpachshad Gn 10:24 (J) = 1 Ch 1:18; Gn 11:14, 15 (P); ‘father’ of Peleg and Joktan 10:25 (J; with especially ref. to Joktan v 26 ff., i.e. to Arabians) = 1 Ch 1:19 (cf. v 20 ff.), of Peleg specif. Gn 11:16, 17 (P; with especially ref. to Abr. v 26 f.) cf. 1 Ch 1:25 (see v 27 f.); in Gn 10:21 (J) Shem is called אֲבִי כָּל־בְּנֵי־עֵבֶר; 𝔊 Εβερ.—ע׳ Nu 24:24 perhaps (si vera l.) belongs not here (= עִבְרִים Hebrews, 𝔊 Ἐβραίους, so Thes), but sub i. עֵבֶר = the (land) beyond (the river), ‖ אַשּׁוּר, so Di Kau. a Gadite chief 1 Ch 5:13, 𝔊 Ωβηδ, 𝔊L Εβερ. Benjamite names: 1 Ch 8:12, 𝔊 Ωβηδ, 𝔊L Αβερ. 1 Ch 8:22 (עֵבֶר van d. H. Ginsb; עֶבֶד Baer), 𝔊 Ωβδη, A Ωβηδ, 𝔊L Αβερ. a priest Ne 12:20 𝔊L Αβεδ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֵבֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5677/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 1:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.25/)

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עֵ֥בֶר פֶּ֖לֶג רְעֽוּ׃

*Word for word:* Eber Peleg Reu

*JPS 1917:* Eber, Peleg, Reu;

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[1 Chronicles 8:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.22/)

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וְיִשְׁפָּ֥ן וָעֵ֖בֶר וֶאֱלִיאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and Ishpan and Eber and Eliel

*JPS 1917:* And Ishpan, and Ebed, and Eliel;

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