Genesis 18:29:13Gen.18.29.W13TAB
בַּעֲב֖וּר
baavur
“for the sake of”
- Transliteration
- ba-a-VUR
- Extended
- bah-ah-VOOR
- IPA
- /ba.ʕăˈvuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the sake of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ba-a-VUR
- clause
va-yo-MER LO e-e-SE ba-a-VUR ha-ar-ba-IM
- sentence
va-yo-SEF OD le-dab-BER e-LAV va-yo-MAR u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM ar-ba-IM va-yo-MER LO e-e-SE ba-a-VUR ha-ar-ba-IM
Exegesis
The preposition baʿavur {בַּעֲבוּר | ba-ʿă-vur} ‘for the sake of’ introduces the basis on which judgment is withheld: the existence of the forty. In English, it is natural to divide the long Hebrew chain into two sentences that preserve the alternating pattern of human plea and divine answer, while clarifying the implied object of “do” in the dynamic rendering as “destroy it” to reflect the context of threatened judgment.
In context — Genesis 18:29
And he continued speaking to Him , and said, “Perhaps forty might be found there.” And He said, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:29:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 18:29, so the Hebrew word בַּעֲב֖וּר (baavur) 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 Gen.18.29.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.29.W13.S1) and character.