2 Samuel 15:28:42 Sam.15.28.W4TAB
בעברות
beavarot
“at the crossings”
- Transliteration
- be-a-va-ROT
- Extended
- beh-ah-vah-ROHT
- IPA
- /bəʕa.vaˈroːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the crossings
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
be-a-va-ROT
- phraseyour reading level
be-a-va-ROT be-ar-VOT
- clause
re-U a-no-KHI mit-ma-he-MEH-ha be-a-va-ROT be-ar-VOT ha-mid-BAR
- sentence
re-U a-no-KHI mit-ma-he-MEH-ha be-a-va-ROT be-ar-VOT ha-mid-BAR AD BO da-VAR me-im-ma-KHEM le-ha-GID LI
Exegesis
Two successive locative phrases—baavarot {בַעֲבָרוֹת | baʿăḇārôṯ} ‘river crossings’ and be’arvot {בְּעַֽרְב֖וֹת | bəʿarvōṯ} ‘open plains’—situate the speaker within the wilderness context of hamidbar {הַמִדְבָּר | hammidbār}.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-rʿayin–bet–resh
“to cross over”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:28
See, I am lingering at the fords in the plains of the wilderness until a word comes from you to tell me.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 15:28, so the Hebrew word בעברות (beavarot) 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.15.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.28.W4.S1) and character.