2 Samuel 15:18:122 Sam.15.18.W12TAB
עֹבְרִ֖ים
overim
“passing”
- Transliteration
- o-ve-RIM
- Extended
- oh-veh-REEM
- IPA
- /ʕoːv(ə)ˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- passing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-ve-RIM
- clause
ve-KHOL-ha-git-TIM SHESH-me-OT ISH a-sher-ba-U ve-rag-LO mig-GAT o-ve-RIM al-pe-NE ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
ve-KHOL-a-va-DAIV o-ve-RIM al-ya-DO ve-KHOL-ha-kre-TI ve-KHOL-ha-ple-TI ve-KHOL-ha-git-TIM SHESH-me-OT ISH a-sher-ba-U ve-rag-LO mig-GAT o-ve-RIM al-pe-NE ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The participle ovrim {עֹבְרִים | ʿō-ḇrîm} conveys continuous movement rather than a completed action.
The final participle ovrim al-penei {עֹבְרִים עַל־פְּנֵ֥י | ʿō-ḇrîm ʿal-pə-nê} ha-melekh {הַמֶּֽלֶךְ | ha-me-leḵ} frames the procession before the sovereign, emphasizing unified, loyal accompaniment.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-r
“to pass over, cross”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:18
And all his servants were passing by his side, and all the Kerethites and all the Pelethites and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came on foot from Gath, were passing before the king .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 15:18, so the Hebrew word עֹבְרִ֖ים (overim) 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 Sam.15.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.18.W12.S1) and character.