2 Samuel 20:14:12 Sam.20.14.W1TAB
וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֞ר
vayavor
“and he passed through”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VOR
- Extended
- vah-yah-a-VOR
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕaˈvoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he passed through
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-VOR
- clause
va-ya-VOR be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-VE-la u-VEIT ma-a-KHA ve-khol-ha-be-RIM
- sentence
va-ya-VOR be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-VE-la u-VEIT ma-a-KHA ve-khol-ha-be-RIM vi-ka-LE-hu va-yik-ka-ha-LU va-ya-VO-u af-a-kha-RAV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative vav consecutive on the qal imperfect verb vayya‘ăbôr {וַיַּעֲבֹר | vay-ya-ʿă-bôr} ‘and he passed through,’ signaling sequential action.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-r
“to cross, pass”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:14
And he passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel and to Beth Maakah, and all the Bikrites were gathered to him, and they came after him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 20:14, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֞ר (vayavor) 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.20.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.14.W1.S1) and character.