1 Samuel 15:12:161 Sam.15.12.W16TAB
וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֔ר
vayaavor
“he passed on”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-VOR
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-VOHR
- IPA
- /vaj.ja.ʕaˈvoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- he passed on
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-a-VOR
- clause
va-yug-GAD lish-mu-EL le-MOR BA-sha-UL ha-kar-me-LA ve-hin-NE ma-TSIV LO YAD va-yis-SOV va-ya-a-VOR va-ye-RED ha-gil-GAL
- sentence
va-yash-KEM she-mu-EL lik-RAT sha-UL ba-BO-ker va-yug-GAD lish-mu-EL le-MOR BA-sha-UL ha-kar-me-LA ve-hin-NE ma-TSIV LO YAD va-yis-SOV va-ya-a-VOR va-ye-RED ha-gil-GAL
Exegesis
Finally, the sequential imperfect verbs wayyissōḇ {וַיִּסֹּב֙ | wayyissōḇ} ‘and he turned’, wayyaʿăḇōr {וַיַּעֲבֹ֔ר | wayyaʿăḇōr} ‘and he passed on’, and wayyēreḏ {וַיֵּ֖רֶד | wayyēreḏ} ‘and he went down’ accelerate the narrative pace toward ha-Gilgal {הַגִּלְגָּֽל | ha-gilgal} ‘to Gilgal’.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-rayin–bet–resh
“to cross over, pass”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:12
And Samuel arose early to meet Saul in the morning, and it was told to Samuel, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he is erecting a monument for himself.” Then he turned and passed on and went down to Gilgal.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:12:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 15:12, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֔ר (vayaavor) 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.15.12.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.12.W16.S1) and character.