1 Samuel 14:1:101 Sam.14.1.W10TAB
וְנַעְבְּרָה֙
venaberra
“and let us cross over”
- Transliteration
- ve-na-ber-RA
- Extended
- veh-nah-ber-RAA
- IPA
- /vənɑʕbᵊˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and let us cross over
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-na-ber-RA
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-YOM va-yo-MER yo-na-TAN ben-sha-UL el-ha-NA-ar no-SE ke-LAV le-KHA ve-na-ber-RA el-ma-TSAV pe-li-SHTIM a-SHER me-E-ver ha-LAZ
- sentence
va-ye-HI ha-YOM va-yo-MER yo-na-TAN ben-sha-UL el-ha-NA-ar no-SE ke-LAV le-KHA ve-na-ber-RA el-ma-TSAV pe-li-SHTIM a-SHER me-E-ver ha-LAZ u-le-a-VIV LO hi-GID
Exegesis
The cohortative lĕkā wə-nāʿăberā {לְכָ֗ה וְנַעְבְּרָה֙ | lĕ-kā wə-nāʿ-ă-bə-rā} ‘come, let us cross over’ expresses mutual agency.
In context — 1 Samuel 14:1
And it happened on a certain day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man bearing his weapons, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of the Philistines that is on the other side.” But he did not tell his father.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 14:1, so the Hebrew word וְנַעְבְּרָה֙ (venaberra) 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.14.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.1.W10.S1) and character.