מֵעֵ֖בֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מֵעֵ֖בֶר

   me-E-VER

   on the side
2. clause🔊 וְלַחֲצִ֣י שֵׁ֣בֶט הַֽמְנַשֶּׁ֗ה נָתַ֣ן מֹשֶׁה֮ בַּבָּשָׁן֒ וּלְחֶצְי֗וֹ נָתַ֤ן יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ עִם־אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם מֵעֵ֖בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן יָ֑מָּה

   ve-la-kha-TSI SHE-vet ham-na-SHEH na-TAN mo-SHEH ba-ba-SHAN u-le-khets-YO na-TAN ye-ho-SHU-a im-a-KHE-hem me-E-VER ha-yar-DEN ya-MAH

   and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh had given Moses in Bashan and to its half had given Joshua with their brothers on the side of the Jordan toward the west
3. sentence🔊 וְלַחֲצִ֣י שֵׁ֣בֶט הַֽמְנַשֶּׁ֗ה נָתַ֣ן מֹשֶׁה֮ בַּבָּשָׁן֒ וּלְחֶצְי֗וֹ נָתַ֤ן יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ עִם־אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם מֵעֵ֖בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן יָ֑מָּה וְ֠גַם כִּ֣י שִׁלְּחָ֧ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ אֶל־אָהֳלֵיהֶ֖ם וַיְבָרֲכֵֽם׃

   ve-la-kha-TSI SHE-vet ham-na-SHEH na-TAN mo-SHEH ba-ba-SHAN u-le-khets-YO na-TAN ye-ho-SHU-a im-a-KHE-hem me-E-VER ha-yar-DEN ya-MAH ve-GAM KI shil-le-KHAM ye-ho-SHU-a el-a-ho-le-HEM va-ye-va-ra-KHEM

   and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh had given Moses in Bashan and to its half had given Joshua with their brothers on the side of the Jordan toward the west and also for he sent them Joshua to their tents and he blessed them

Exegesis

The phrase me-ʿavar be-ʿever hayarden yammah {מעבר בְעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן יָמָּה | mê-ʿa-var bə-ʿē-ver ha-yar-dēn yā-m·māh} ‘across the Jordan westward’ precisely delineates the territorial boundary through a double-noun prepositional construct.