Boar (bible)

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Boar ( Hebrew עֵבֶר) was in the Old Testament according to the table of nations Gen 10 a son of Schelach and thus a great-grandson of Noah's son Shem ( Genesis 10.24  EU ). Sometimes the spellings Ewer and Heber can also be found, but he should not be confused with Heber , Ascher's grandson , who is spelled חבר in Hebrew.

Eber's sons were Peleg (because the land was divided in his day) and Joktan . According to Genesis 11.17  EU, Eber became the father of Peleg at the age of thirty-four, lived four hundred and thirty years after his birth and had other sons and daughters.

According to tradition, Eber died at the age of 464 when Jacob was 20 years old. According to the Hebrew calendar, this would be the year 1817 BC. Chr. Correspond.

As the ancestor of Abraham , he is venerated by the Jews; his name is often used as an eponym for the Hebrews , but it is also interpreted as an area on the other side or simply as beyond , meaning "across the river", ie the Euphrates .

Kingdom of Boars

According to Balaam's prophecies , Eber also appears to have been a Syrian kingdom. Together with Assur , he is threatened with destruction by the ships of Kittim (probably Kition in Cyprus ).

Legends about boars

Legend has it that Eber refused to participate in the construction of the Tower of Babel , which is why the language of Ebers and his descendants was not confused. The Hebrew is therefore considered that, according to legend than the original language of mankind ( Latin lingua humana ).

In Midrashian literature Eber is considered a prophet and one of the first heralds of God; Abraham and Jacob are said to have learned from him.

Web links

  • Emil G. Hirsch, Eduard König: Eber. In: Jewish Encyclopedia . 2011, accessed on December 5, 2017 (English, online version of the 1906 edition).

Individual evidence

  1. Jump up ↑ Morris Jastrow, Jr., Ira Maurice Price, Marcus Jastrow, Louis Ginzberg, Duncan B. McDonald: Babel, Tower of. In: Jewish Encyclopedia . 2011, accessed on December 5, 2017 (English, online version of the 1906 edition).
  2. ^ Emil G. Hirsch, Ira Maurice Price, Wilhelm Bacher, M. Seligsohn: Shem. In: Jewish Encyclopedia . 2011, accessed on December 5, 2017 (English, online version of the 1906 edition).