2 Samuel 19:40:12 Sam.19.40.W1TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:41
וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר
vayaavor
“and crossed over”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-A-VOR
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-AVOHR
- IPA
- /vaj.ja.ʕăˈvoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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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Word in context
- word
va-ya-A-VOR
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-A-VOR ham-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ya-A-VOR ham-ME-lekh ha-gil-ga-LA ve-khim-HAN a-VAR im-MO
- sentence
va-ya-A-VOR ham-ME-lekh ha-gil-ga-LA ve-khim-HAN a-VAR im-MO ve-khol-AM ye-hu-DA va-ya-a-VI-ru et-ham-ME-lekh ve-GAM kha-TSI AM yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the sequential imperfect verb vayya‘ăḇôr {וַיַּעֲבֹר | wayyiʿăḇôr} marking “and he crossed.”
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-rayin–bet–resh
“to cross over”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:40
And the king crossed over to Gilgal , and Kimham went with him. All the people of Judah escorted the king, and also half the people of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:40:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 19:40, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר (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.19.40.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.40.W1.S1) and character.