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
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-a-VAR-ba
- clause
va-ye-KHA-le-KU la-HEM et-ha-A-rets la-a-VAR-ba
- 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 context — 1 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.