Original Language Studio
1 Chronicles 12:38
“All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H5676 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east)
- Derivation
- from H5674 (עָבַר);
- KJV renderings
- [idiom] against, beyond, by, [idiom] from, over, passage, quarter, (other, this) side, straight.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- מֵ — preposition
- עֵ֣בֶר — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 92 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 50:10Genesis 50:11Exodus 25:37Exodus 28:26Exodus 32:15
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עֵבֶר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.