Eber

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

 

Son of Salah, great grandson of Shem (Gen 10:21-24; 1Ch 1:19; Num 24:24, where the "Eber" whom "ships from Chittim shall afflict" represents not the Hebrew, but in general the western descendants of Shem, sprung from Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram; the posterity of Abraham who descended from Eber through Peleg, and also the descendants of Eber through Joktan. As "Asshur" represented the Shemites who dwelt in the far East, including Elam, so Eber represents the western Shemites.

 

Taken from: Fausset's Bible Dictionary by Andrew Robert Fausset (1821-1910)