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עבר

עבר

Aramaic

Verb

עבר (transliteration needed)

  1. to pass over, to cross over

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ע־ב־ר

From the root ע־ב־ר . Cognate to Arabic عَبَرَ (ʿabara).

Verb

עָבַר (avár) (pa'al construction)

  1. To pass, to cross.
  2. to move (change residence)
    הם עברו לעיר שגרתי בה.
    They moved to the city I lived in.

Conjugation

Noun

עָבָר (avár) m

  1. (The) past.

Noun

עֵבֶר ('éver) m [pattern: קֵטֶל]

  1. side, direction, way
  2. (Biblical Hebrew, usually in the construct state and with a preposition) the other side [of], the region beyond or across from
    • Deuteronomy 1:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      אֵלֶּה הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן
      'éle had'varím 'ashér dibér moshé 'el-kol-yisra'él b'éver hayardén
      ʾḗlle haddəḇārīm ʾăšer dibbēr mōše ʾel-kol-yiśrāʾēl bəʿḗḇer hayyardēn
      These are the words which Moses spoke unto all Israel beyond the Jordan

Proper noun

עֵבֶר ('éver) m [pattern: קֵטֶל]

  1. Eber

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