1 Samuel 13:7:21 Sam.13.7.W2TAB
עָֽבְרוּ֙
avru
“crossed”
- Transliteration
- av-RU
- Extended
- aav-ROO
- IPA
- /ʕavˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- crossed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
av-RU
- clause
ve-iv-RIM av-RU et-ha-yar-DEN E-rets GAD ve-gil-AD
- sentence
ve-iv-RIM av-RU et-ha-yar-DEN E-rets GAD ve-gil-AD ve-sha-UL o-DEN-nu ba-gil-GAL ve-khol-ha-AM khar-DU a-kha-RAV
Exegesis
The perfect verb avru {עָֽבְרוּ֙ | ʿā-və-rū} in a vav-consecutive sequence indicates completed movement across the boundary marked by et-ha-yarden {אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן | ʾet-ha-yar-dēn}.
In context — 1 Samuel 13:7
And Hebrews crossed over the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead, while Saul remained at Gilgal, and all the people trembled after him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 13:7, so the Hebrew word עָֽבְרוּ֙ (avru) 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.13.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.7.W2.S1) and character.