Deuteronomy 17:2:16Deut.17.2.W16TAB
לַעֲבֹ֥ר
laavor
“to transgress”
- Transliteration
- la-a-VOR
- Extended
- lah-ah-VOHR
- IPA
- /la.ʕäˈvoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to transgress
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-a-VOR
- phraseyour reading level
la-a-VOR be-ri-TO
- clause
ISH o-i-SHA a-SHER ya-a-SE et-ha-RA be-ei-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-a-VOR be-ri-TO
- sentence
ki-yim-ma-TSE be-kir-be-KHA be-a-KHAD she-a-re-KHA a-sher Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH ISH o-i-SHA a-SHER ya-a-SE et-ha-RA be-ei-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-a-VOR be-ri-TO
Exegesis
The clause concludes with the infinitive la’avor berito {לַעֲבֹר בְּרִיתוֹ | la·ʿă·bôr bə·rît·ô} ‘to transgress his covenant’, emphasizing a legal breach. English word order is adjusted for clarity while retaining the hypotactic structure and legal formality.
In context — Deuteronomy 17:2
If there is found among you in one of your gates which the LORD your God gives to you, a man or a woman who does evil in the eyes of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:2:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Deuteronomy 17:2, so the Hebrew word לַעֲבֹ֥ר (laavor) 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 Deut.17.2.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.2.W16.S1) and character.