2 Samuel 19:40:52 Sam.19.40.W5TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:41
עָבַ֣ר
avar
“crossed over”
- Transliteration
- a-VAR
- Extended
- aa-VAHR
- IPA
- /ʕaˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- crossed over
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
a-VAR im-MO
- 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 conjunctive vav in ve-kimḥān {וְכִמְהָן | vĕkimḥān} introduces Kimham, followed by the perfect verb ‘āvar {עָבַר | ʿāvar} repeating the crossing action.
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 19:40:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 19:40, so the Hebrew word עָבַ֣ר (avar) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.40.W5.S1) and character.