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עבר¹

  • /ʕaːˈbar/
  • /ʕɔˈbar/
  • [ʕɔːˈvaːʀ̟]
  • /(ʔ)aˈvaʁ/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

From Proto-Semitic *ʕabar- (“to cross”). Cognate with Arabic عَبَرَ (ʕabara) and Akkadian ebēru.

verb עָבַר · avár · ʕɔḇar · לעבור · לַעֲבֹר · -

  1. construction pa'al, transitive to pass, to cross
  2. construction pa'al, intransitive, of time to pass עברו שלושה שבועות ושלחתי מכתב כדי שאמא תדע מה קרה
  3. construction pa'al, transitive, of time to spend, to pass לילות עברתי בלעדייך
  4. construction pa'al, transitive to pass, to not fail a test הצלחתי לעבור את המבחן כי למדתי.
  5. construction pa'al, intransitive to move (change residence) הם עברו לעיר שגרתי בה.
  6. construction pa'al, transitive to undergo, experience, be subjected to אני עובר ניתוח ביום שני.

עבר²

  • /(ʔ)aˈvaʁ/ Modern Israeli

noun עָבָר · avár · עֲבַר־

  1. no plural the past מה נשאר עכשיו / הרגש שעבר / הרגע שנגמר / והעבר עבר
  2. no plural, past past tense

עבר³

  • /ʕibr/
  • /ʕeːˈbɛr/
  • [ʕeːˈvɛːʀ̟]
  • /ˈ(ʔ)eveʁ/ Modern Israeli

noun עֵבֶר · éver · עֲבָרִים · עֶבְרֵי־ · עֶבְרִי

  1. side, direction, way

    Similar: צַד

  2. Biblical, construct, usually, with a preposition the other side [of], the region beyond or across from אֵלֶּה הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־כׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן

עבר⁴

  • /ʕibr/
  • /ʕeːˈbɛr/
  • [ʕeːˈvɛːʀ̟]
  • /ˈ(ʔ)eveʁ/ Modern Israeli

proper noun עֵבֶר · éver

  1. a male given name, Ever, equivalent to English Eber
  2. Eber

עבר⁵

noun עֻבָּר · ubár

  1. misspelling defective spelling of עובר (“embryo, unborn baby”)

עבר⁶

verb עִבֵּר · ibér · ʿibēr

  1. construction pi'el, misspelling defective spelling of עיבר

In English

  • pass to go through any inspection or test successfully
  • side left or right half
  • cross go from one side of something to the other
  • ford to cross a stream
  • over end of sentence in radio communication
  • past period of time that has already happened

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {עבר},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%A8},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}