Exodus 17:5:4Exod.17.5.W4TAB
עֲבֹר֙
avor
“pass on”
- Transliteration
- a-VOR
- Extended
- ah-VOHR
- IPA
- /ʕăˈvoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- pass on
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
a-VOR
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE a-VOR lif-NEI ha-AM ve-KAKH it-TE-kha miz-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE a-VOR lif-NEI ha-AM ve-KAKH it-TE-kha miz-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL u-mat-TE-kha a-SHER hi-KI-ta BO et-ha-ye-OR KAKH be-YAD-kha ve-ha-lakh-TA
Exegesis
Inside the quotation, the coordinated imperatives avor {עֲבֹר | ʿăvōr} “go on ahead” and ve-qakh {וְקַח | wə-qāḥ} “take” direct the sequence of actions, with lifnei ha-am {לִפְנֵי הָעָם | lîpnê hā-ʿām} specifying position before the assembly.
Root and etymology
Rootʿayin–beth–resh
“to pass over, cross”
In context — Exodus 17:5
The LORD said to Moses, “Go on ahead of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel, and take in your hand your staff —the one with which you struck the Nile—and go.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 17:5, so the Hebrew word עֲבֹר֙ (avor) 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 Exod.17.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.5.W4.S1) and character.