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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-E-ver
- phraseyour reading level
me-E-ver ha-LAZ
- 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
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 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 14:1:14 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.