2 Samuel 19:18:22 Sam.19.18.W2TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:19
הָעֲבָרָ֗ה
haavara
“the crossing”
- Transliteration
- ha-a-va-RA
- Extended
- haa-ah-va-RAA
- IPA
- /haːʕăvaˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the crossing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-a-va-RA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-ve-RA ha-a-va-RA
- clause
ve-a-ve-RA ha-a-va-RA la-a-VIR et-BEIT ha-ME-lekh ve-la-a-SOT ha-TOV be-e-NO
- sentence
ve-a-ve-RA ha-a-va-RA la-a-VIR et-BEIT ha-ME-lekh ve-la-a-SOT ha-TOV be-e-NO be-e-NAV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive perfect ve’avrah {וְעָבְרָה | wə-ʿā-vrāh} ‘and crossed’, immediately followed by the noun ha’avarah {הָעֲבָרָה | hā-ʿă-vā-rāh} ‘the crossing place’, creating an inversion that foregrounds the crossing locus.
Root and etymology
“to cross, pass over”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:18
And a ferry went over to bring over the king’s household and to do what was good in his eyes . And Shimei son of Gera fell before the king as he crossed the Jordan.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 19:18, so the Hebrew word הָעֲבָרָ֗ה (haavara) 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.19.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.18.W2.S1) and character.