 Abt 2277 B.C. - Abt 1813 B.C.
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| Name |
Eber (`Aybar)(Heber) |
| Suffix |
ibn Shelah King of Babylon |
| Birth |
Abt 2277 B.C. |
Jerusalem  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Name |
Heber |
| Death |
Abt 1813 B.C. |
Jerusalem |
| Notes |
- The line of the Hebrews descends from Eber.
«b»http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal11261«/b»
«b»http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps32/ps32_147.htm«/b»
«b»http://www.christiananswers.net/bible/luke3.html#23«/b»
Luke 3:35
«b»Heber
«/b»Meaning: passing over
This is the name of various biblical men…
a descendant of «u»Noah «/u» / The apostle «u»Luke «/u» lists him as the son of «u»Sala «/u», the grandson of «u»Cainan «/u», the great-grandson of «u»Arphaxad «/u», and the great-great-grandson of «u»Sem (Shem) «/u», who was the son of «u»Noah (Noe) «/u». The generations list in Genesis seems to refer to this same man as "«u»Eber «/u»" («u»Gen. 10:21 «/u», «u»24-25 «/u»). (See: «u»HEBREW «/u»)
Son of «u»Beriah «/u» and grandson of «u»Asher «/u» («u»Gen. 46:17 «/u»; «u»1 Chr. 7:31-32 «/u»).
The «u»Kenite «/u» («u»Judg. 4:11 «/u», «u»17 «/u»; «u»5:24 «/u»), a descendant of «u»Hobab «/u». His wife «u»Jael «/u» received «u»Sisera «/u» (q.v.) into her tent and then killed him.
«u»1 Chr. 4:18 «/u».
A «u»Benjamite «/u»(«u»1 Chr. 8:17 «/u»).
A «u»Gadite «/u» («u»5:13 «/u»). (See «u»EBER «/u».)
«b»http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/heber.html«/b»
(Luke 3:35)=Peleg (q.v.), Gen. 11:16.
«b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eber
Eber«/b» ( , «u»Standard Hebrew «/u» «/b», «u»Tiberian Hebrew «/u» ) is an ancestor of the «u»Israelites «/u», according to the "«u»Table of Nations «/u»" in «u»Genesis 10-11 «/u» and «u»1 Chronicles 1 «/u». He was a great-grandson of «u»Noah «/u»'s son «u»Shem «/u» and the father of «u»Peleg «/u» born when Eber was 34 years old, and of «u»Joktan «/u». He was the son of «u»Shelah «/u» a distant ancestor of «u»Abraham «/u». According to the «u»Hebrew Bible «/u», Eber died at the age of 464 («u»Genesis 11:14-17 «/u») when «u»Jacob «/u» was 20. The «u»Hebrew Calendar «/u» synchronises this date with «u»1817 BC «/u».
In the «u»Septuagint «/u» and other Christian Bibles derived from it, Eber is called «b»Heber«/b» 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. («u»Septuagint Genesis 11:14-17 <http://www.ecmarsh.com/lxx/Genesis/index.htm>«/u»)
In Jewish tradition, Eber, the great-grandson of «u»Shem «/u», refused to help with the building of the «u»Tower of Babel «/u», so his language was not confused when it was abandoned. He and his family alone retained the original human language, «u»Hebrew «/u», a language named after Eber (Heber), also called «i»lingua humana«/i» in «u»Latin «/u». (There are different religious positions on this issue; see also «u»Adamic language «/u».)
The name "Ever" (Hebrew root letters «i»ayin , bet/vet and reish «/i» , transliterated in English to "Eber" or "Heber") are considered by Biblical scholars to be the roots of the word "«u»Hebrew «/u»" («i»ivri«/i» and «i»ivrit«/i» , in Hebrew), with "ever" most often meaning "side" or "beyond", but also «i»region beyond or across«/i», «i»opposite side«/i», or «i»passage«/i», as in «i»me'ever«/i» and «i»maavar«/i» in both Biblical and Modern Hebrew as spoken in «u»Israel «/u» today.
[Genesis 10:21] Also to Shem, the father of all the «u»Children of Eber «/u», and the older brother of Japheth, children were born. («u»NASB «/u»)
In some translations of the «u»New Testament «/u», he is referred to once as «b»Heber«/b» ([Luke 3:35] ...the son of «u»Serug «/u», the son of «u»Reu «/u», the son of Peleg, the son of Heber, the son of «u»Salah «/u»...); however, he should not be confused with the «u»Heber «/u» of the Old Testament (different Hebrew spelling ), grandson of «u»Asher «/u» ([Genesis 46:17] The sons of Asher: «u»Imnah «/u» and «u»Ishvah «/u» and «u»Ishvi «/u» and «u»Beriah «/u» and their sister «u»Serah «/u». And the sons of Beriah: Heber and «u»Malchiel «/u»).
«b»Theories about Eber
«/b»There is a legend that the «u»Avars «/u» were descendants of Eber[\ul«i»citation needed \ulnone«/i»] through children of Abraham and his third (or second, as the «u»Talmud «/u» identifies her with «u»Hagar «/u») wife «u»Keturah «/u». 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 «u»Shem «/u» (2468 BC) is also the founding patriarch of the descendancy of Joktan and his son Jobab.
«b»Linguistic association of "Eber", "Heber" and "Hebrew"
«/b»In the «u»King James Version «/u» (KJV) of the «u»Old Testament «/u», the name "Eber" is used, while in the KJV «u»New Testament «/u», "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 «u»European «/u» «u»Christian «/u» languages, derived from «u»Aramaic «/u» and , as spoken in the «u»Roman «/u» province of «u»Judaea «/u» and by those Jews who escaped the province's destruction. When «u»Greek «/u»-writing Jewish scholars compiled the «u»Septuagint «/u», the adaptations chosen for these names (for whatever reason) were «i»Heber«/i» and «i»Hebraios«/i». These names were adapted through «u»Latin «/u» and «u»French «/u» before reaching «u»English «/u» 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 «u»Anglo-Saxon «/u» 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 "«u»Eberite «/u»") 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 «u»scripture «/u» of «u»Great Britain «/u», 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.
«b»External links
\ul«/b» <http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Eber>«/u»
«u»Wikisource «/u» has original «u»1897 Easton's Bible Dictionary <http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Easton%27s_Bible_Dictionary>«/u» text related to:
\ul\b«i»Eber <http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Easton%27s_Bible_Dictionary_(1897)/Eber>\ulnone\b0«/i»
«tab» Easton's Bible Dictionary: «u»Eber <http://www.studylight.org/dic/ebd/view.cgi?number=T1119>«/u» | «u»Heber <http://www.studylight.org/dic/ebd/view.cgi?number=T1706>«/u» | \ul«b»Hebrew <http://www.studylight.org/dic/ebd/view.cgi?number=T1707>\ulnone«/b»
«tab»Smith's Bible Dictionary: «u»Eber <http://www.studylight.org/dic/sbd/view.cgi?number=T1257>«/u» | \ul«b»Heber <http://www.studylight.org/dic/sbd/view.cgi?number=T1909>\ulnone«/b» | \ul«b»Hebrew <http://www.studylight.org/dic/sbd/view.cgi?number=T1910>\ulnone«/b»
«tab»International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: \ul«b»Eber <http://www.studylight.org/enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T2864>\ulnone«/b» | \ul«b»Heber <http://www.studylight.org/enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T4214>\ulnone«/b» | «u»Hebrew <http://www.studylight.org/enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T4217>«/u»
«tab»The History of Ireland: «u»[1] <http://manybooks.net/pages/keatinggother08foras/111.html>«/u»
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Glenn Cook Family |
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