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in the A.V., is the representative in. certain places of several forms from the root òָáִø , abar, to cross: 1, the simple verb (Num_20:21, “give passage,” elsewhere usually “pass”); 2, òֶáֶø , eber, a crossing (Jos_22:11; in the plur. Jer_22:20, Abarim [q.v.]; elsewhere ‘beyond,” etc.) SEE EBER; îִòֲáָø , maabar, fem. îִòִáָøָä , a transit, either by water (Jdg_12:5-6; Jer_51:32), a ford (as rendered often), or by land, a pass through mountains (Isa_10:29), as at Michmash (q.v.) (1Sa_12:23; 1Sa_24:4).