1 Samuel 14:1:141 Sam.14.1.W14TAB

מֵעֵ֣בֶר

meever

from across or on the other side of

Transliteration
me-E-ver
Extended
meh-EE-veh r
IPA
/meːˈʕeːvɛr/

Meaning by language

English
from across or on the other side of

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Result
מֵ + עֵ֣ + בֶר
me + e + ver
meever

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-E-ver

  2. phraseyour reading level

    me-E-ver ha-LAZ

  3. 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

  4. 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

Motion is directed toward ʾel maṣṣāb pəlišitm {אֶל־מַצַּ֣ב פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים | ʾel maṣ-sā̆b pə-li-šî-tîm} ‘to the Philistine outpost’, with the relative clause ʾăšer mêʿêber hal-lāz {אֲשֶׁ֖ר מֵעֵ֣בֶר הַלָּ֑ז | ʾă-šer mê-ʿê-ber hal-lā̆z} ‘which is beyond here’ marking location.

Root and etymology

ע־ב־ר

to pass over

In context1 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 14:1:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Samuel 14:1, so the Hebrew word מֵעֵ֣בֶר (meever) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.1.W14.S1) and character.