Lexical Definition

‎מַעֲבָר‎ maʻăbâr (mah-ab-awr') ford ^H:N-M
or feminine מַעֲבָרָה maʻăbârâh (mah-ab-aw-raw'); from ‎עָבַר‎

ford, place where...pass, passage.

• a crossing-place (of a river, a ford
• of a mountain, a pass)
• abstractly, a transit, i.e. (figuratively) overwhelming

1) ford, pass, passing
1a) ford
1b) pass
1c) passing, sweep

See Greek: φάραγξ

Extended Information

• Also means: ma.a.var (‎מ‎ַ‎ע‎ֲ‎ב‎ָ‎ר‎ "ford" מַעֲבָר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מַעֲבָר‎] noun [masculine] ford, pass, passing; — only construct:

1. ‎מַעֲבַר יַבֹּק‎ Gen 32:23* (J) the ford of (the) Jabbok.

2. pass, ‎מַעֲבַר מִכְמָשׂ‎ 1Sam 13:23 the pass of M.

3. passing, sweep, ‎כָּלמַֿעֲבַר‎ ‎מַטֶּה‎ Isa 30:32 every sweep of the rod (‎עָבַר‎ 4 c).

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