2 Samuel 16:1:22 Sam.16.1.W2TAB
עָבַ֤ר
avar
“passed over”
- Transliteration
- a-VAR
- Extended
- aa-VAR
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈvar/
Meaning by language
- English
- passed over
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
a-VAR me-AT
- clause
ve-da-VID a-VAR me-AT me-ha-ROSH ve-hin-NE tsi-VA NA-ar me-fi-VO-shet lik-ra-TO
- sentence
ve-da-VID a-VAR me-AT me-ha-ROSH ve-hin-NE tsi-VA NA-ar me-fi-VO-shet lik-ra-TO ve-TSE-med kha-mo-RIM kha-vu-SHIM va-a-le-HEM ma-a-TA-yim LE-khem u-me-A tsi-mu-KIM u-me-A ka-YITS ve-NE-vel YA-yin
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the conjunctive-prefix ve-David {וְדָוִד | wə-dā-wîḏ} linking to the preceding account, followed by the verb avar {עָבַר | ʿā-var} in the Qal perfect indicating completed movement.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–bet–resh
“to pass over”
In context — 2 Samuel 16:1
And David passed a little beyond the summit , and behold Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, carrying a pair of saddled donkeys and on them two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins, one hundred portions of summer fruit, and a skin of wine.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 16:1, so the Hebrew word עָבַ֤ר (avar) 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.16.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.1.W2.S1) and character.