2 Samuel 19:39:12 Sam.19.39.W1TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:40
וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֙ר
vayaavor
“and he crossed over”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-A-VOR
- Extended
- vah-yaah-ah-VOHR
- IPA
- /vaj.ja.ʕaˈvoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he crossed over
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-A-VOR
- clause
va-ya-A-VOR kul-ha-AM et-ha-yar-DEN ve-ha-ME-lekh A-VAR
- sentence
va-ya-A-VOR kul-ha-AM et-ha-yar-DEN ve-ha-ME-lekh A-VAR va-yish-SHAK ha-ME-lekh le-var-zi-LAI va-ye-va-ra-KHE-hu va-ya-SHAV lim-ko-MO
Exegesis
The narrative is driven by waw-consecutive verbs such as wayyaavor {וַיַּעֲבֹר | wayyaʿăḇôr} ‘and he crossed’ and vayenashek {וַיְנַשֵּׁק | wayyiṯnaššēq} ‘and he kissed’, which create a consecutive flow.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-rʿ–bet–resh
“to cross”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:39
And all the people crossed the Jordan , and the king crossed; the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his place .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:39:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 19:39, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֙ר (vayaavor) 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.19.39.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.39.W1.S1) and character.