This name is possibly based upon the root "ʕ-b-r" (עבר) meaning "to cross over". Interpretations of the term "ʕibrim" link it to this verb; cross over and homiletical or the people who crossed over the river Euphrates.[3] In the Bible, the Hebrew language is called...
24. The verb was also used to designate the exact and correct pronunciation of the text of the Bible (see Ber. ii. 3; Yer. Ber. 4d. 42), corresponding to the Aramaic "dayyeḳ lishana" ('Er. 53b); and it was the latter meaning ofthe word which gave rise to its subsequent ...
When used in another context the word may mean something completely different.The Talmud renders the Name of Yahusha as “JESCHU” (YESHU) to secretly represent the acronym Y.E.SH.U. which stands for yemak shmo U’zikro, meaning “may his name be blotted-out.” The Latin Vulgate altere...