עֲבַר (ʿăbar) is an Aramaic noun meaning region across. It appears 14 times in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5675).
Root family 2897: עֲבַר ʿăbar — region across, beyond. This word is used in BA only in the phrase “beyond the River,” i.e. the region west of the Euphrates (“Trans-Euphrates,” niv). See the discussion of the similar Hebrew usage under ʿābar, no. 1556. In BA as in Hebrew, “across the river” does not mean from the standpoint of the speaker or author. Ezra’s adversary Rehum in Samaria spoke of his territory as “beyond the River” (Ezr 4:17)
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