2 Samuel 16:9:122 Sam.16.9.W12TAB
אֶעְבְּרָה־נָּ֖א
eeverana
“let me cross over, please”
- Transliteration
- e-e-ve-RA-na
- Extended
- eh-eh-veh-RAA-nah
- IPA
- /ʔɛ.ʕəvˈbraː.nːaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- let me cross over, please
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-e-ve-RA-na
- clause
e-e-ve-RA-na ve-a-si-RA et-ro-SHO
- sentence
va-yo-MER a-vi-SHAI ben-tse-ru-YA el-ha-ME-lekh la-MA ye-kal-LEL ha-KE-lev ha-MET ha-ZE et-a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh e-e-ve-RA-na ve-a-si-RA et-ro-SHO
Exegesis
The cohortatives eʿevrah-na {אֶעְבְּרָה־נָּא | ʼeʿăvrâ-nāʼ} and ve-asirah {וְאָסִירָה | wə-ʼāsîrâ} with vav consecutive express polite urgency.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–bet–resh
“to pass over”
In context — 2 Samuel 16:9
Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please allow me to cross over and remove his head.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:9:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 16:9, so the Hebrew word אֶעְבְּרָה־נָּ֖א (eeverana) 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.16.9.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.9.W12.S1) and character.