Ezekiel 14:17:8Ezek.14.17.W8TAB
תַּעֲבֹ֣ר
taavor
“let it pass through”
- Transliteration
- ta-a-VOR
- Extended
- tah-ah-VOHR
- IPA
- /ta.ʕaˈvoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- let it pass through
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
ta-a-VOR
- phraseyour reading level
ta-a-VOR ba-A-rets
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ti KHE-rev ta-a-VOR ba-A-rets ve-hikh-RAT-ti mim-ME-na a-DAM u-ve-he-MA
- sentence
O KHE-rev a-VI al-ha-A-rets ha-HI ve-a-MAR-ti KHE-rev ta-a-VOR ba-A-rets ve-hikh-RAT-ti mim-ME-na a-DAM u-ve-he-MA
Exegesis
The conjunction plus perfect ve-amarti {וְאָמַרְתִּ֗י | wə-ʾā-mar-tî} introduces direct speech, using the Qal imperfect jussive taavor {תַּעֲבֹר | ta-ʿă-ḇōr} ‘may pass through.’
In context — Ezekiel 14:17
Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, “Sword, pass through the land,” and I cut off from it both human and beast .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 14:17, so the Hebrew word תַּעֲבֹ֣ר (taavor) 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 Ezek.14.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.17.W8.S1) and character.