1 Kings 18:6:41 Kgs.18.6.W4TAB

לַֽעֲבָר־בָּ֑הּ

laavarba

to pass through it

Transliteration
la-a-VAR-ba
Extended
lah-ah-VAAR-baa
IPA
/la.ʕaˈvaːr.baːh/

Meaning by language

English
to pass through it

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לַֽ + עֲ + בָר + בָּ֑הּ
la + a + var + ba
laavarba

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-a-VAR-ba

  2. clause

    va-ye-KHA-le-KU la-HEM et-ha-A-rets la-a-VAR-ba

  3. sentence

    va-ye-KHA-le-KU la-HEM et-ha-A-rets la-a-VAR-ba akh-AV ha-LAKH be-DE-rekh e-KHAD le-vad-DO ve-o-vad-YA-hu ha-LAKH be-DE-rekh-e-KHAD le-vad-DO

Exegesis

Purpose is expressed through the lamed-infinitive construction laʿăḇōr-bāh {לַֽעֲבָר־בָּ֑הּ | laʿăḇōr-bāh} ‘to pass through it,’ indicating that the division serves an intentional search/traversal.

Root and etymology

consonantsayin–bet–resh

pass over, cross

In context1 Kings 18:6

So they divided the land among themselves to pass through it; Ahab went by one way by himself , and Obadiah went by another way by himself.

About this coordinate

1 Kings 18:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 18:6, so the Hebrew word לַֽעֲבָר־בָּ֑הּ (laavarba) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.18.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.6.W4.S1) and character.