Hebrew עִבְרִי

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · May 2, 2025 · 5m

We are in chapter 41 of Genesis with our word for today used 33 times in the Old Testament. עִבְרִי Hebrew, Eberite or descendant of Eber, region on the other side, situated across a stream, or the sea. So it’s origin was probably referring to people who were foreigners to those who named them. This makes sense because Abraham is called by this word who God called away from his home to live as a stranger in a foreign land. This foreign land became the land God promised to give to Abraham and his descendants. But at the beginning Abraham was the foreigner to the people living there. So they…