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

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-a-va-ROT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-a-va-ROT be-ar-VOT

  3. clause

    re-U a-no-KHI mit-ma-he-MEH-ha be-a-va-ROT be-ar-VOT ha-mid-BAR

  4. 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 context2 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.