2 Samuel 17:22:142 Sam.17.22.W14TAB
לֹא־עָבַ֖ר
loavar
“did not cross over”
- Transliteration
- lo-a-VAR
- Extended
- loh-ah-VAHR
- IPA
- /loː.ʕaˈvar/
Meaning by language
- English
- did not cross over
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
lo-a-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER lo-a-VAR
- clause
ad-OR ha-BO-ker ad-a-KHAD LO ne-e-DAR a-SHER lo-a-VAR et-ha-yar-DEN
- sentence
va-ya-KAM da-VID ve-khol-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO va-ya-a-VRU et-ha-yar-DEN ad-OR ha-BO-ker ad-a-KHAD LO ne-e-DAR a-SHER lo-a-VAR et-ha-yar-DEN
Exegesis
A repeated preposition ad in ad-achad lo needar asher loavar et-hayarden {עַד-אַחַד לֹא נֶעְדָּר אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָבַר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן | ʼad-’a-ḥad lō ne-‘ă-dār ʼă-šer lō-‘ā-var ʾet-hā-yar-ḏēn} introduces a negative relative clause to stress that none remained on the near side. The repetition of ad underscores both temporal and quantitative limits, highlighting the completeness of the crossing.
Root and etymology
ayin-bet-reshayin–bet–resh
“to cross over”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:22
Then David and all the people who were with him arose and crossed the Jordan until the first light of morning. Not one remained who had not crossed the Jordan .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:22:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Samuel 17:22, so the Hebrew word לֹא־עָבַ֖ר (loavar) 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.17.22.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.22.W14.S1) and character.