2 Samuel 17:24:52 Sam.17.24.W5TAB
עָבַר֙
avar
“crossed over”
- Transliteration
- a-VAR
- Extended
- aa-VAR
- IPA
- /ʕɔˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- crossed 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
- clause
ve-av-sha-LOM a-VAR ET-ha-yar-DEN HU ve-khol-ISH yis-ra-EL i-MO
- sentence
ve-da-VID BA ma-kha-na-YI-ma ve-av-sha-LOM a-VAR ET-ha-yar-DEN HU ve-khol-ISH yis-ra-EL i-MO
Exegesis
A parallel vav-coordination in ve-abshalom {וְאַבְשָׁלֹם | wə-’ăḇ-šā-lōm} aligns Absalom’s movement, while the verb avar {עָבַר | ‘ā-var} takes the direct object marked by the particle et {אֶת | ’eṯ}, demonstrating transitivity.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–bet–resh
“to cross, pass over”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:24
And David came to Mahanaim , and Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and every man of Israel with him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 17:24, so the Hebrew word עָבַר֙ (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.17.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.24.W5.S1) and character.