BDB5766
I. עֵ֫בֶר91 noun masculine 1Sam 14:40 region across or beyond, side (on formation compare BaNB 144; compare especially Assyrian êbru, êbirtu , id., êbirtan , adverb beyond); — ׳ י absolute 1Sam 14:4 +; construct Josh 24:4 +; suffix עֶבְרוֺ Isa 47:15 plural construct עֶבְרֵי Isa 7:20; Jer 48:28 (si vera lectio, see below); suffix עֲבָרָיו 1Kgs 5:4; Jer 49:32 (read probably עֶבְרֵיהֶם, so Vrss ), עֶבְרֵיהֶם Exod 32:15 —
1.
region across or beyond anything (usually wady, river, or sea), mostly
with preposition:בְּעֵבֶר אַרְנוֺן
Num 21:13 (
J
E
) Judg
11:18, compare Jer 25:22
הַיָּם
׳
אֶלעֿ
Deut 30:13
b, מַעֵבֶר לַיָּם Deut 30:13 a beyond the sea; לְנַהֲרֵיכֿוּשׁ
׳
מֵע
Isa 18:1,
compare ׳
עַדמֵֿע
1Kgs 4:12 (
מִן
on the side of, on, see
מִן
1.c.; so usually with
׳
ע); but also (rarely) ׳
מֵע
from the other side of
Zeph 3:10
; Job
1:19; 2Chr
20:2 absolute ׳
הַע
1Sam
26:13
to the other side (that is, of a ravine; after וַיַּעֲבֹר);
בְּעֵבֶר הָעֵמֶק
1Sam 31:7
, read perhaps ׳
בְּעָרֵי הָע, so Klo
Bu
HPS; בְּעֶבְרֵי פִיפָֿ֑חַת
Jer
48:28
beyond the mouth of a chasm is dubious; Gie
proposes בְּחֹרֵי כֵפֵי בַתֹּת
in the rock-holes of the precipices; especially (chiefly Hexateuch, 37 t.)
הַיַּרְדֵּן
׳
ע (30 t.), or (less often, Josh 13:32 + 13 t.), לַיַּרְדֵּן,
לְיַרְדֵּן יְרֵחוֺ (only with ׳
מֵע), of either east Jordan (36 t.) or west Jordan land (9 t.) according to standpoint
of speaker or writer:
A.
east Jordan (from standpoint of writer) Gen 50:10; Gen 50:11 (
J
)
Josh 17:5 (
J
E
) Deut
1:1;
Deut 1:5;
Deut 4:41;
Deut 4:46;
Deut 4:47;
Deut 4:49;
Josh 1:14;
Josh 12:1
; Josh
13:8 (
D
),
Num 22:1; Num 32:19; Num 34:15; Josh 13:27; Josh 13:32; Josh 14:3
; Josh
20:8 (
P
),
Judg 7:25;
Judg 10:8;
1Sam 31:7; Isa 8:23; 1Chr 6:63; 1Chr 12:37 from standpoint
of speaker, Josh
7:7 (
J
E
),
Josh 24:8 (
E
),
Josh 1:15;
Josh 2:10;
Josh 9:10;
Josh 18:7;
Josh 22:4 (
D
),
Judg 5:17 in Num 35:14 (Moses speaks) it is land opposed to
to Can., compare
Num 32:32 in
Deut 3:8 (Moses speaks) writer (
D
) ascribes his own standpoint to Moses; (often further topographical note is added, e.g.
מִזְרָ֫חָה
Deut 4:49
+, מִזְרַח הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ
Josh 1:15
+, etc.); ׳
אֶלעֵֿבֶר בְּנֵי יִשְׂר
Josh
22:11
toward the region opposite the sons of Israel apparently also refers to east side
(see Steuern on text).
B.
West Jordan (9 t.), from standpoint of speaker Deut 3:20; Deut 3:25 (Moses), also Deut 11:30
(but here + מְכוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ, and in all following some special designation of
West), + יָ֫מָּה
Josh 5:1 (
D
; from standpoint of those just crossed), Josh 12:7 (opposite East Josh 12:1-6
), Josh
22:7 (id.;
Kt
מעבר,
Qr
בְּעֵבֶר), compare Josh 9:1 (as Josh 5:1); + וָהָ֑לְאָה
Num 32:19
a (opposite East vb); in 1Chr 26:30
מַעֲרָ֑בָה
׳
לַיַּר
׳
מֵע
׳
ע seems = side (see below). Also הַנָּהָר
׳
בְּע
beyond the river (Euphrates) Josh 24:2; Josh 24:14; Josh 24:15 (
E
;
Kt
Qr
׳
מֵע), ׳
מֵע
2Sam
10:16 = 1Chr 19:16
beyond, and 1Kgs 14:5
to the other side of (see
מִן
1.c.); ׳
מֵע
from beyond the river only Josh 24:3 (
E
), in all these = beyond the Euphrase eastward, from standpoint
of those west of Euphrase; so plural ׳
בְּעֶבְרֵי הַנּ
Isa
7:20 possibly also ׳
ע alone (si vera lectio) in the difficult passage Num 24:24
הַנָּהָר
׳
ע = region beyond the river (Euphrase) westward (from
standpoint of those in Babylonia or Persia) Neh 2:7; Neh 2:9; Neh 3:7; Ezra
8:36 also
1Kgs 5:4 (twice in verse) (written in Babylonian; compare
Biblical Aramaic עֲבַר, and DrIntr (6)
504).
Compare late Assyrian
ebir nari
SchrKB iv. 304, l. 7 from below; KAT 3. 188, 437.
2. (Opposite) side, side:
הַלָּז
׳
מֵע
1Sam 14:1
on yonder side seems transition to this meaning; מִזֶּה
׳
מֵהָע twice, 1Sam 14:4 = on one side, on the other side, so
אֶחָד
׳
לְע twice 1Sam 14:40 even מִשְּׁנֵי עִבְרֵיהֶם
Exod 32:15
(
E
) on their two sides (i.e. of tablets); הָאֵפוֺד בָּ֑יְתָה
׳
אֶלעֿ
Exod 28:26
(
P
) toward the inner side of theephod; in 1Kgs 7:20; 1Kgs 7:30
׳
ע apparently = at the side of or opposite, but
the
architectural details are obscure; מִכָּלעֲֿבָרָיו מִסָּבִיב
1Kgs 5:4
on all sides of him, round about, מִכָּלעֲֿבָרָיו
Jer 49:32
(read עֶבְרֵיהֶם
Vrss
Gie) from all sides of them (all directions, =
מִכָּלסְֿבִיבָ֑יִךְ Jer 49:5); אֶלעֵֿבֶר פָּנָיו יֵלֵ֑כוּ
to the side of their faces (i.e. in front, straight forward) they
(always) went
Ezek 1:9; Ezek 1:12;
Ezek 10:22
,
compare פָּנֶיהָ
׳
עַלעֿ
Exod 25:37
to
give light upon the space in front of it; אִישׁ לְעֶבְרוֺ תָּעוּ
Isa 47:15
they wander away each in his own direction (regardless of thee). — On 1Chr 26:30
see above