And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. They fought with you, and I gave them into your hand… “Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. And the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea… Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites, who lived on the other side of the Jordan. Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and led him through all the land of Canaan, and made his offspring many… “‘Then I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and you came to the sea. “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Long ago, your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates, Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor and they served other gods. Joshua gives us this account of events and a clue to how the descendants of Jacob/Israel became known as Hebrews – Ivrim – those who had traversed: 11:14) which might explain the link, but either way, the association between these Hebrews (עברים – Ivrim, plural) and the crossing of rivers appears a few times in the Bible. He also had an ancestor with that name (עבר – Eber, Gen. He and his family had traveled from close to the river Euphrates, crossed over into Haran, and then God called him back over the river again to the land which we now know to be Israel. It is speculated that Abraham earned the name “Ivrie”, or “One that has traversed” to be referring to the fact that he came from the other side of the river. The symbolic meaning of this should not be lost on us who love the Word of God! What is a Hebrew? A Definition: In the Bible, it seems to have primarily referred to those who traversed rivers. Traversing, passing, or crossing over, essentially. Today in Israel, we can use the word to talk about moving houses, transgressing laws, going through some difficulties, crossing the road, crossing over a river, and so on. The root letters are used to mean cross over, or pass through. What is a Hebrew? The word “Hebrew” in the Hebrew language is עברי (Ivrie).
Where did this term come from, and what does it mean? Abram was called “Abraham the Hebrew” in Genesis 14:13, which is the first time that the word is used in the Bible.
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