STRONGS H5676:
Abbreviations
I. עֵ֫בֶר 91 noun masculine1 Samuel 14:40 region across or
beyond, side (on formation compare Ba
NB 144; compare especially Assyrian
êbru, êbirtu, id.,
êbirtan, adverb
beyond); —
י׳ absolute
1 Samuel 14:4 +; construct
Joshua 24:4 +; suffix
עֶבְרוֺ Isaiah 47:15; plural construct
עֶבְרֵי Isaiah 7:20;
Jeremiah 48:28 (si vera lectio, see below); suffix
עֲבָרָיו 1 Kings 5:4;
Jeremiah 49:32 (read probably
עֶבְרֵיהֶם, so Vrss),
עֶבְרֵיהֶם Exodus 32:15; —
1. region across or beyond anything (usually wady, river, or sea), mostly with preposition:בְּעֵבֶר אַרְנוֺן Numbers 21:13 (JE) Judges 11:18, compare Jeremiah 25:22; הַיָּם אֶלעֿ׳ Deuteronomy 30:13b, מַעֵבֶר לַיָּם Deuteronomy 30:13a beyond the sea; לְנַהֲרֵיכֿוּשׁ מֵע׳ Isaiah 18:1, compare עַדמֵֿע׳ 1 Kings 4:12 (מִן on the side of, on, see מִן 1c; so usually with ע׳); but also (rarely) מֵע׳ from the other side of Zephaniah 3:10; Job 1:19; 2 Chronicles 20:2; absolute הַע׳ 1 Samuel 26:13 to the other side (that is, of a ravine; after וַיַּעֲבֹר); בְּעֵבֶר הָעֵמֶק 1 Samuel 31:7, read perhaps בְּעָרֵי הָע׳, so Klo Bu HPS; בְּעֶבְרֵי פִיפָֿ֑חַת Jeremiah 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 times) הַיַּרְדֵּן ע׳ (30 times), or (less often, Joshua 13:32 + 13 times), לַיַּרְדֵּן, לְיַרְדֵּן יְרֵחוֺ (only with מֵע׳), of either east Jordan (36 times) or west Jordan land (9 times) according to standpoint of speaker or writer:
A. east Jordan (from standpoint of writer) Genesis 50:10, 11 (J) Joshua 17:5 (JE) Deuteronomy 1:1, 5; Deuteronomy 4:41, 46, 47, 49; Joshua 1:14; Joshua 12:1; Joshua 13:8 (D), Numbers 22:1; Numbers 32:19; Numbers 34:15; Joshua 13:27, 32; Joshua 14:3; Joshua 20:8 (P), Judges 7:25; Judges 10:8; 1 Samuel 31:7; Isaiah 8:23; 1 Chronicles 6:63; 1 Chronicles 12:37; from standpoint of speaker, Joshua 7:7 (JE), Joshua 24:8 (E), Joshua 1:15; Joshua 2:10; Joshua 9:10; Joshua 18:7; Joshua 22:4 (D), Judges 5:17; in Numbers 35:14 (Moses speaks) it is land opposed to to Can., compare Numbers 32:32; in Deuteronomy 3:8 (Moses speaks) writer (D) ascribes his own standpoint to Moses; (often further topographical note is added, e.g. מִזְרָ֫חָה Deuteronomy 4:49 +, מִזְרַח הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ Joshua 1:15 +, etc.); אֶלעֵֿבֶר בְּנֵי יִשְׂר׳ Joshua 22:11 toward the region opposite the sons of Israel apparently also refers to east side (see Steuern on text).
B. West Jordan (9 times), from standpoint of speaker Deuteronomy 3:20, 25 (Moses), also Deuteronomy 11:30 (but here + מְכוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ, and in all following some special designation of West), + יָ֫מָּה Joshua 5:1 (D; from standpoint of those just crossed), Joshua 12:7 (opposite East Joshua 12:1-6), Joshua 22:7 (id.; Kt מעבר, Qr בְּעֵבֶר), compare Joshua 9:1 (as Joshua 5:1); + וָהָ֑לְאָה Numbers 32:19a (opposite East Numbers 32:19b); in 1 Chronicles 26:30 מַעֲרָ֑בָה לַיַּר׳ מֵע׳ ע׳ seems = side (see below). Also הַנָּהָר בְּע׳ beyond the river (Euphrates) Joshua 24:2, 14, 15 (E; Kt Qr מֵע׳), מֵע׳ 2 Samuel 10:16 = 1 Chronicles 19:16 beyond, and 1 Kings 14:5 to the other side of (see מִן 1c); מֵע׳ from beyond the river only Joshua 24:3 (E), in all these = beyond the Euphrase eastward, from standpoint of those west of Euphrase; so plural בְּעֶבְרֵי הַנּ׳ Isaiah 7:20; possibly also ע׳ alone (si vera lectio) in the difficult passage Numbers 24:24; הַנָּהָר ע׳ = region beyond the river (Euphrase) westward (from standpoint of those in Babylonia or Persia) Nehemiah 2:7, 9; Nehemiah 3:7; Ezra 8:36; also 1 Kings 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׳ 1 Samuel 14:1 on yonder side seems transition to this meaning; מִזֶּה מֵהָע׳ twice, 1 Samuel 14:4 = on one side, on the other side, so אֶחָד לְע׳ twice 1 Samuel 14:40; even מִשְּׁנֵי עִבְרֵיהֶם Exodus 32:15 (E) on their two sides (i.e. of tablets); הָאֵפוֺד בָּ֑יְתָה אֶלעֿ׳ Exodus 28:26 (P) toward the inner side of theephod; in 1 Kings 7:20, 30 ע׳ apparently = at the side of or opposite, but the architectural details are obscure; מִכָּלעֲֿבָרָיו מִסָּבִיב 1 Kings 5:4 on all sides of him, round about, מִכָּלעֲֿבָרָיו Jeremiah 49:32 (read עֶבְרֵיהֶם Vrss Gie) from all sides of them (all directions, = מִכָּלסְֿבִיבָ֑יִךְ Jeremiah 49:5); יֵלֵ֑כוּ פָּנָיו אֶלעֵֿבֶר to the side of their faces (i.e. in front, straight forward) they (always) went Ezekiel 1:9, 12; Ezekiel 10:22, compare פָּנֶיהָ עַל־ע׳ Exodus 25:37 to give light upon the space in front of it; אִישׁ לְעֶבְרוֺ תָּעוּ Isaiah 47:15 they wander away each in his own direction (regardless of thee). — On 1 Chronicles 26:30 see above.
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H5675.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
50:10; 50:11
Exodus
25:37; 28:26; 32:15; 32:15
Numbers
21:13; 22:1; 24:24; 32:19; 32:19; 32:19; 32:32; 34:15; 35:14
Deuteronomy
1:1; 1:5; 3:8; 3:20; 3:25; 4:41; 4:46; 4:47; 4:49; 4:49; 11:30; 30:13; 30:13
Joshua
1:14; 1:15; 1:15; 2:10; 5:1; 5:1; 7:7; 9:1; 9:10; 12:1; 12:1; 12:2; 12:3; 12:4; 12:5; 12:6; 12:7; 13:8; 13:27; 13:32; 13:32; 14:3; 17:5; 18:7; 20:8; 22:4; 22:7; 22:11; 24:2; 24:3; 24:4; 24:8; 24:14; 24:15
Judges
5:17; 7:25; 10:8; 11:18
1 Samuel
14:1; 14:4; 14:4; 14:40; 14:40; 26:13; 31:7; 31:7
2 Samuel
10:16
1 Kings
4:12; 5:4; 5:4; 5:4; 7:20; 7:30; 14:5
1 Chronicles
6:63; 12:37; 19:16; 26:30; 26:30
2 Chronicles
20:2
Ezra
8:36
Nehemiah
2:7; 2:9; 3:7
Job
1:19
Isaiah
7:20; 7:20; 18:1; 47:15; 47:15
Jeremiah
25:22; 48:28; 48:28; 49:5; 49:32; 49:32
Ezekiel
1:9; 1:12; 10:22
Zephaniah
3:10