2 Samuel 19:37:122 Sam.19.37.W12TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:38
יַֽעֲבֹר֙
yaavor
“let him go over”
- Transliteration
- ya-a-VOR
- Extended
- yah-ah-VOHR
- IPA
- /jaʕăˈvoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- let him go over
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ya-a-VOR
- clause
ve-hi-NE av-DE-kha khim-HEM ya-a-VOR im-a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh va-a-SE-LO ET a-sher-TOV be-e-NE-kha
- sentence
ya-SHAV-NA av-DE-kha ve-a-MUT be-i-RI IM KE-ver a-VI ve-i-MI ve-hi-NE av-DE-kha khim-HEM ya-a-VOR im-a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh va-a-SE-LO ET a-sher-TOV be-e-NE-kha
Exegesis
The interjection vehineh {וְהִנֵּה | wə-hin-nēh} ‘and behold’ shifts focus to Kimham {כִמְהָם | kim-hă-mām} as the beneficiary of the next jussive yaavor {יַעֲבֹר | ya-ʻa-bōr} ‘let him cross over’.
Root and etymology
consonants‘-b-r
“to cross over, pass”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:37
Let your servant please remain, that I may die in my city beside the grave of my father and my mother. And behold your servant Kimham —let him cross over with my lord the king and do for him whatever is good in your eyes.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:37:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 19:37, so the Hebrew word יַֽעֲבֹר֙ (yaavor) 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.19.37.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.37.W12.S1) and character.