2 Chronicles 21:9:12 Chr.21.9.W1TAB
וַיַּֽעֲבֹ֤ר
vayaavor
“and he passed over”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-A-vor
- Extended
- vah-yah-AH-vohr
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕăˈvoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he passed 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 | |
| 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-A-vor ye-ho-RAM
- clause
va-ya-A-vor ye-ho-RAM im-sa-RA-v ve-khol-ha-RE-khev i-MO
- sentence
va-ya-A-vor ye-ho-RAM im-sa-RA-v ve-khol-ha-RE-khev i-MO va-ye-HI KAM LAI-la va-YAKH et-e-doM ha-so-VEV e-LAV ve-ET sa-RE ha-RA-khev
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayya‘avor {וַיַּֽעֲבֹר | vă-yă-‘ă̆-ḇōr} ‘and he crossed’, preceding the subject Yĕhōrām {יְהוֹרָם | Yĕhōrām} ‘Jehoram’.
Root and etymology
ʿayin-bet-reshʿayin–bet–resh
“to pass over”
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:9
Then Jehoram crossed over with his officers and all the chariotry with him. And it came to pass that he rose at night and struck the Edomites, those surrounding him, and the officers of the chariotry.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 21:9, so the Hebrew word וַיַּֽעֲבֹ֤ר (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 2 Chr.21.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.9.W1.S1) and character.