1 Samuel 16:10:11 Sam.16.10.W1TAB
וַיַּעֲבֵ֥ר
vayaaver
“and he made pass over”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-VER
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-VEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕăˈveːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he made pass over
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-a-VER
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-VER yi-SHAI
- clause
va-ya-a-VER yi-SHAI shiv-AT ba-NAV lif-NE she-mu-EL
- sentence
va-ya-a-VER yi-SHAI shiv-AT ba-NAV lif-NE she-mu-EL va-yo-MER she-mu-EL el-yi-SHAI lo-va-KHAR ye-ho-VAH ba-EL-le
Exegesis
The Hebrew narrative verb wayya‘ăḇēr {וַיַּעֲבֵר | wayya‘ăḇēr} signals sequential action and highlights Jesse’s active presentation of his sons.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–bet–resh
“to pass”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:10
And Jesse caused seven of his sons to pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, “The LORD has not chosen these.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 16:10, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעֲבֵ֥ר (vayaaver) 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.16.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.10.W1.S1) and character.