H5677 H5677
Eber, descendant of Shem through Arpachshad and traditional ancestor of the Hebrew peoples.
ʿĒver is the great-grandson of Shem and father of Peleg and Joktan, positioned in the Table of Nations as the eponymous ancestor of the Hebrews (Gen 10:21, 24–25; 11:14–17). Shem is called 'father of all the sons of Eber,' a phrase that sweeps together both the Abrahamic line through Peleg and the Arabian tribes through Joktan. The Chronicler preserves the same genealogy (1 Chr 1:18–19, 25), while Balaam's oracle enigmatically warns that ships from Kittim will afflict ʿĒver (Num 24:24), possibly meaning 'the Hebrews' as a collective. A postexilic priest also bears the name (Neh 12:20). Spanish 'Heber' and Greek Εβερ both reflect the ancient Septuagint vocalization.
Senses
1. Eber (personal name) — The personal name Eber (עֵבֶר), borne primarily by the Shemite patriarch listed in Genesis 10–11 and 1 Chronicles 1 as ancestor of both the Hebrew and Arabian lines. The name likely derives from the root ʿ-b-r ('to cross over'), connecting etymologically to ʿivrî ('Hebrew'). Shem's title 'father of all the sons of Eber' (Gen 10:21) gives the name a corporate, ethnographic dimension beyond the individual. A secondary bearer appears among postexilic Levitical priests (Neh 12:20). 15×
AR["عابِر","عيبَرُ","عَابَر","عَابِرَ","عَابِرُ","عَبَرَ","وَ-عيبِر","وَ-لِ-عَابِرَ","وَ-لِـ-عابِر","وَعَابَر"]·ben["আর-এবেরের","এবর","এবের","এবেরকে","এবেরের","ও-এবর","ও-এবরের"]·DE["Eber","Ebers","[ולעבר]","[ועבר]","[עבר]","jenseits","und-dem-Eber"]·EN["Eber","Ever","and-Ever","and-to-Eber","and-to-Ever"]·FR["Eber","Héber","et-Héber","et-zu-Héber","et-à-Eber"]·heb["ו-ל-עבר","ו-עבר","עבר"]·HI["एबेर","एबेर-के","एबेर-को","एवेर","और-एबेर","और-एबेर-को"]·ID["Dan-bagi-Eber","Dan-kepada-Eber","Eber","dan-Eber"]·IT["Eber","Heber","e-Heber","e-a-Eber","e-a-Heber"]·jav["Eber","Lan-dhumateng-Ébèr","lan-dhateng-Èber","lan-Èbèr","Èber","Èbèr","Éber","Ébèr"]·KO["그-와-에벨","그-와-에벨-에게","그리고-에벨에게","에베","에베는","에베르-를","에벨"]·PT["'Ever","E-para-'Ever","E-para-Ever","Ever","e-Ever"]·RU["Евер","Евера","И-Эверу","Эвер","и-Евер","и-Еверу","и-Эвер"]·ES["Eber","Heber","Y-a-Eber","Y-a-Éver","y-Eber","y-Éber","Éber","Éver"]·SW["Eberi","Na-kwa-Eberi","na-Eberi"]·TR["Eber'i","Ever","Ever'i","Ever'in","Ve-Ever'e","ve-Ever","ve-Ever'e"]·urd["اور-عبر","اور-عبر-کو","اور-عیبر","عبر","و-ل-عبر"]
Gen 10:21, Gen 10:24, Gen 10:25, Gen 11:14, Gen 11:15, Gen 11:16, Gen 11:17, Num 24:24, 1 Chr 1:18, 1 Chr 1:19, 1 Chr 1:25, 1 Chr 5:13 (+3 more)
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. עֵ֫בֶר n.pr.m. Eber (perhaps eponym of Hebrews, form inferred from עִבְרִי, cf. reff. there);— 1. ‘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…