2 Kings 18:12:72 Kgs.18.12.W7TAB
וַיַּעַבְרוּ֙
vayaavreu
“and they transgressed”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-av-RE-U
- Extended
- vah-yah-ahv-REE-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕavˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they transgressed
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-av-RE-U
- clause
AL a-SHER lo-SHA-me-U be-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-ya-av-RE-U et-be-ri-TO ET kal-a-SHER tsi-VA mo-SHE E-ved Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
AL a-SHER lo-SHA-me-U be-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-ya-av-RE-U et-be-ri-TO ET kal-a-SHER tsi-VA mo-SHE E-ved Ye-ho-VAH ve-LO SHA-me-U ve-LO A-SU
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive wayya‘ăḇrū {וַיַּעַבְרוּ | way-ya-‘aḇ-rū} ‘and they transgressed’ shifts to active breach.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-rayin–bet–resh
“to pass over, transgress”
In context — 2 Kings 18:12
They did not heed the voice of the LORD their God , and they violated His covenant—everything that Moses, the LORD’s servant, commanded. They neither listened nor carried it out.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 18:12, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעַבְרוּ֙ (vayaavreu) 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 Kgs.18.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.12.W7.S1) and character.