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…