וַיַּעֲבֹ֖ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיַּעֲבֹ֖ר

   va-ya-a-VOR

   and he passed by or and he went past
2. clause🔊 וַיָּ֤רָץ אֲחִימַ֙עַץ֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַכִּכָּ֔ר וַיַּעֲבֹ֖ר אֶת־הַכּוּשִֽׁי׃

   va-ya-RATS a-khi-MA-mats DE-rekh ha-kik-KAR va-ya-a-VOR et-ha-KU-shi

   and he ran Ahimaaz way of or by the way of the plain and he passed by or and he went past the Cushite
3. sentence🔊 וַיְהִי־מָ֣ה אָר֔וּץ וַיֹּ֥אמֶר ל֖וֹ ר֑וּץ וַיָּ֤רָץ אֲחִימַ֙עַץ֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַכִּכָּ֔ר וַיַּעֲבֹ֖ר אֶת־הַכּוּשִֽׁי׃

   va-ye-HI-MA a-RUTS va-yo-MER LO RUTS va-ya-RATS a-khi-MA-mats DE-rekh ha-kik-KAR va-ya-a-VOR et-ha-KU-shi

   and it happened, what or come what may I will run and he said to him run and he ran Ahimaaz way of or by the way of the plain and he passed by or and he went past the Cushite

Exegesis

The noun derekh {דֶּרֶךְ | də-rĕḵ} ‘way’ with the definite hakikkar {הַכִּכָּר | ha-kik-kār} ‘the plain’ specifies the route, and vayaavor {וַיַּעֲבֹר | wə-ya-ʿă-vōr} ‘and he overtook’ plus et {אֵת | ʾēt} marks the Cushite as the direct object. The sequence of vav-consecutive forms sustains narrative immediacy, and the English rendering preserves the original Hebrew sequence and idiom.

Root and etymology

ע־ב־ר🔊 ayin–bet–resh

“pass over, move on”

• 🔊 מְבוֹרֵרmə-vō-rērtraverserIsaiah 40:3