2 Samuel 15:22:62 Sam.15.22.W6TAB
וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֞ר
vayaavor
“and he passed over or passed on”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-VOR
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-VOHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕăˈvoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he passed over or passed on
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
- clause
va-ya-a-VOR it-TAI ha-git-TI ve-khol-a-na-SHAIV ve-khol-ha-TAF a-SHER i-TO
- sentence
va-yo-MER da-VID el-it-TAI LEKH va-a-VOR va-ya-a-VOR it-TAI ha-git-TI ve-khol-a-na-SHAIV ve-khol-ha-TAF a-SHER i-TO
Exegesis
The coordinated imperatives lekh {לֵךְ | lēḵ} ‘go’ and vaavor {וַעֲבֹר | vaʿăbôr} ‘cross over’ convey David’s command and urgency, while the subsequent vav-consecutive imperfect vayavor {וַיַּעֲבֹר | wayyaʿăbôr} ‘and he crossed over’ depicts prompt compliance.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-rʿayin–bet–resh
“to cross over”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:22
And David said to Ittai, “Go on and cross over.” So Ittai the Gittite crossed over with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 15:22, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֞ר (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 Sam.15.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.22.W6.S1) and character.