1 Samuel 14:8:51 Sam.14.8.W5TAB
עֹבְרִ֖ים
overim
“crossing over, passing over”
- Transliteration
- o-ve-RIM
- Extended
- oh-veh-REEM
- IPA
- /ʕoːvˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- crossing over, passing over
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-ve-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-NAKH-nu o-ve-RIM
- clause
va-yo-MER ye-ho-na-TAN hi-NE a-NAKH-nu o-ve-RIM el-ha-a-na-SHIM
- sentence
va-yo-MER ye-ho-na-TAN hi-NE a-NAKH-nu o-ve-RIM el-ha-a-na-SHIM ve-nig-li-NU a-le-HEM
Exegesis
The phrase anakhnu ovrim el-ha-anashim {אֲנַ֥חְנוּ עֹבְרִ֖ים אֶל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֑ים | ʾănakhnû ōvrîm ʾel-ha-ʾănāšîm} comprises a pronoun plus a Qal participle expressing deliberate motion toward a defined group.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-rayin–bet–resh
“to cross over”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:8
And Jonathan said, “Behold, we are crossing over to the men, and we will reveal ourselves to them.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 14:8, so the Hebrew word עֹבְרִ֖ים (overim) 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.14.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.8.W5.S1) and character.