Eber (`Aybar)(Heber) ibn Shelah King of Babylon [5536] ^{595,596,597,680,681}

   Another name for Eber was Heber.

  General Notes:

The line of the Hebrews descends from Eber.

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Luke 3:35

Heber
Meaning: passing over
This is the name of various biblical men…
a descendant of Noah / The apostle Luke lists him as the son of Sala , the grandson of Cainan , the great-grandson of Arphaxad , and the great-great-grandson of Sem (Shem) , who was the son of Noah (Noe) . The generations list in Genesis seems to refer to this same man as "Eber " (Gen. 10:21 , 24-25 ). (See: HEBREW )
Son of Beriah and grandson of Asher (Gen. 46:17 ; 1 Chr. 7:31-32 ).
The Kenite (Judg. 4:11 , 17 ; 5:24 ), a descendant of Hobab . His wife Jael received Sisera (q.v.) into her tent and then killed him.
1 Chr. 4:18 .
A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:17 ).
A Gadite (5:13 </bible/1chr5.html>). (See EBER .)

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(Luke 3:35)=Peleg (q.v.), Gen. 11:16.

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Eber ( , Standard Hebrew Éver, Tiberian Hebrew ) is an ancestor of the Israelites , according to the "Table of Nations " in Genesis 10-11 and 1 Chronicles 1 . He was a great-grandson of Noah 's son Shem and the father of Peleg born when Eber was 34 years old, and of Joktan . He was the son of Shelah a distant ancestor of Abraham . According to the Hebrew Bible , Eber died at the age of 464 (Genesis 11:14-17 ) when Jacob was 20. The Hebrew Calendar synchronises this date with 1817 BC .
In the Septuagint and other Christian Bibles derived from it, Eber is called Heber and his father is called Sala. His son is called Phaleg, born when Heber was 134 years old, and he had other sons and daughters. Heber lived to an age of 404 years. (Septuagint Genesis 11:14-17 <http://www.ecmarsh.com/lxx/Genesis/index.htm>)
In Jewish tradition, Eber, the great-grandson of Shem , refused to help with the building of the Tower of Babel , so his language was not confused when it was abandoned. He and his family alone retained the original human language, Hebrew , a language named after Eber (Heber), also called lingua humana in Latin . (There are different religious positions on this issue; see also Adamic language .)
The name "Ever" (Hebrew root letters ayin , bet/vet and reish , transliterated in English to "Eber" or "Heber") are considered by Biblical scholars to be the roots of the word "Hebrew " (ivri and ivrit , in Hebrew), with "ever" most often meaning "side" or "beyond", but also region beyond or across, opposite side, or passage, as in me'ever and maavar in both Biblical and Modern Hebrew as spoken in Israel today.
[Genesis 10:21] Also to Shem, the father of all the Children of Eber , and the older brother of Japheth, children were born. (NASB )
In some translations of the New Testament , he is referred to once as Heber ([Luke 3:35] ...the son of Serug , the son of Reu , the son of Peleg, the son of Heber, the son of Salah ...); however, he should not be confused with the Heber of the Old Testament (different Hebrew spelling ), grandson of Asher ([Genesis 46:17] The sons of Asher: Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah and their sister Serah . And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel ).
Theories about Eber
There is a legend that the Avars were descendants of Eber[citation needed ] through children of Abraham and his third (or second, as the Talmud identifies her with Hagar ) wife Keturah . This legend may have arisen owing to the vast Khazar Empire developed by Eastern European Jews, who wanted to identify with a Semitic forefather.
Eber (2303 BC) son of Shelah (2333 BC) and great-grandson of Shem (2468 BC) is also the founding patriarch of the descendancy of Joktan and his son Jobab.
Linguistic association of "Eber", "Heber" and "Hebrew"
In the King James Version (KJV) of the Old Testament , the name "Eber" is used, while in the KJV New Testament , "Heber" is used instead, each referring to the same person. And in both KJV books, the word "Hebrew" refers to the descendants of this person. The confusion between "Eber" and "Heber" lies in transcriptional misunderstandings through ongoing layers of Biblical translation, as well as the differentiated cultural origins of the Old and New Testaments.
The origin of the names for Eber and the Hebrews, as used in European Christian languages, derived from Aramaic and , as spoken in the Roman province of Judaea and by those Jews who escaped the province's destruction. When Greek -writing Jewish scholars compiled the Septuagint , the adaptations chosen for these names (for whatever reason) were Heber and Hebraios. These names were adapted through Latin and French before reaching English as "Heber" and "Hebrew", and these names were used in the KJV New Testament.
However, the KJV Old Testament was largely translated not from Greek and Latin sources, but from existing Hebrew texts accessible to scholars at the time, employing a uniquely Anglo-Saxon method of adapting Hebrew words and names. As such, in the Old Testament, "Eber" was used without the H, likely reflecting the common Hebrew dialects used among the Jews of Europe. However, the KJV translators chose to use the New Testament name "Hebrew" (instead of "Ibrite" or "Eberite ") as the canonical term for the descendants of Eber in the Old Testament as well, likely to avoid confusing lay readers.
As the King James Version of the Bible became the primary Christian scripture of Great Britain , the association of "Eber" with "Hebrew" in the English-speaking religious world became a permanent phenomenon.
Other than Jewish sources can be found in the ancient Irish history, here a clear story can be found on the relation between Eber and the Hebrew language.
External links
<http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Eber>
Wikisource has original 1897 Easton's Bible Dictionary <http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Easton%27s_Bible_Dictionary> text related to:
Eber <http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Easton%27s_Bible_Dictionary_(1897)/Eber>
Easton's Bible Dictionary: Eber <http://www.studylight.org/dic/ebd/view.cgi?number=T1119> | Heber <http://www.studylight.org/dic/ebd/view.cgi?number=T1706> | Hebrew <http://www.studylight.org/dic/ebd/view.cgi?number=T1707>
Smith's Bible Dictionary: Eber <http://www.studylight.org/dic/sbd/view.cgi?number=T1257> | Heber <http://www.studylight.org/dic/sbd/view.cgi?number=T1909> | Hebrew <http://www.studylight.org/dic/sbd/view.cgi?number=T1910>
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Eber <http://www.studylight.org/enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T2864> | Heber <http://www.studylight.org/enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T4214> | Hebrew <http://www.studylight.org/enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T4217>
The History of Ireland: [1] <http://manybooks.net/pages/keatinggother08foras/111.html>

Eber married Azurad [61526] [MRIN: 1765].