1 Samuel 19:22:51 Sam.19.22.W5TAB
עַד־בּ֤וֹר
adbor
“as far as a well”
- Transliteration
- ad-BOR
- Extended
- ahd-BOHR
- IPA
- /ʕadˈboːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- as far as a well
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-BOR
- phraseyour reading level
ad-BOR ha-ga-DOL
- clause
va-YE-lekh gam-HU ha-ra-MA-ta va-ya-BO ad-BOR ha-ga-DOL a-SHER ba-se-KHU va-yish-AL va-yo-MER E-fo she-mu-EL ve-da-VID
- sentence
va-YE-lekh gam-HU ha-ra-MA-ta va-ya-BO ad-BOR ha-ga-DOL a-SHER ba-se-KHU va-yish-AL va-yo-MER E-fo she-mu-EL ve-da-VID va-yo-MER hin-NE be-nu-YIT be-na-YOT ba-ra-MA
Exegesis
Prepositional phrases (ha-ramatah {הָרָמָ֗תָה | ha-ramatah} “to Ramah”, ad bor {עַד־בּ֤וֹר | ad bor} “up to the well”, baseku {בַּשֶּׂ֔כוּ | baseku} “in Seku”) orient spatial movement.
Root and etymology
b-w-r
“pit, cistern”
In context — 1 Samuel 19:22
And he also went to Ramah and came to the great well in Seku , and he asked and said, “Where are Samuel and David?” And he said, “Behold, they are in Naioth in Ramah.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 19:22, so the Hebrew word עַד־בּ֤וֹר (adbor) 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.19.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.22.W5.S1) and character.