Eber
e.ver is a proper name used in genealogies and name lists, and once for a named recipient of affliction in an oracle.
The supplied verses chiefly use the proper name in genealogical statements and lists: Shelah fathers Eber, Eber fathers Peleg, and the name also occurs among other listed persons. In Numbers 24:24, the same proper form names the party whom ships from Kittim will afflict, without further identifying that referent in the verse.
Senses in use
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Personal name in descent and name lists · dominant
The form is tagged Noun · Proper in each cited verse. In Genesis 10:24 the APB renders a descent statement in which Shelah begot Eber, while Genesis 10:25 names Eber as the father of Peleg and Joktan; Genesis 11:16 likewise places Eber in the clause that he fathered Peleg. The name also stands in lists, as in 1 Chronicles 5:13 and Nehemiah 12:20.
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Named recipient of affliction in an oracle · rare
In Numbers 24:24, the Noun · Proper follows the repeated action of affliction: the APB renders that ships from Kittim will “afflict Assyria and afflict Eber.” The verse itself does not further specify the identity of this named referent.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the proper name as “Eber” in genealogical clauses and lists, including statements that Shelah fathered Eber and that Eber fathered Peleg. In Numbers 24:24 it also retains “Eber” in the clause “afflict Eber”; These English forms are treated as verse-level presentation.