1 Samuel 13:23:41 Sam.13.23.W4TAB
אֶֽל־מַעֲבַ֖ר
elmaavar
“to the pass or crossing”
- Transliteration
- el-ma-a-VAR
- Extended
- ehl-mah-ah-VAR
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ma.ʕăˈvar/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the pass or crossing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
el-ma-a-VAR
- sentence
va-ye-TSE ma-TSAV pe-lish-TIM el-ma-a-VAR mikh-MASH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʾel-maʿăḇār {אֶל־מַעֲבַר | ʾel-maʿăḇār} ‘to the pass’ indicates direction toward a strategic terrain feature, with miḵmāš {מִכְמָשׂ | miḵmāš} ‘Michmash’ marking the geographic endpoint. Structurally, the verb-first order foregrounds action, reflecting a literary pattern of rapid troop deployments in historical narrative.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-rayin–bet–resh
“to cross”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:23
And the outpost of the Philistines went out to the pass at Michmash.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 13:23, so the Hebrew word אֶֽל־מַעֲבַ֖ר (elmaavar) 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 Sam.13.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.23.W4.S1) and character.