Genesis 18:5:6Gen.18.5.W6TAB
תַּעֲבֹ֔רוּ
taavoru
“you may pass on”
- Transliteration
- ta-a-VO-ru
- Extended
- tah-ah-VOH-roo
- IPA
- /ta.ʕă.ˈvoː.ruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you may pass on
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ta-a-VO-ru
- phraseyour reading level
a-KHAR ta-a-VO-ru
- clause
ve-ek-KHA fat-LE-khem ve-sa-a-DU lib-be-KHEM a-KHAR ta-a-VO-ru ki-al-KEN a-var-TEM al-av-de-KHEM
- sentence
ve-ek-KHA fat-LE-khem ve-sa-a-DU lib-be-KHEM a-KHAR ta-a-VO-ru ki-al-KEN a-var-TEM al-av-de-KHEM va-yo-me-RU KEN ta-a-SE ka-a-SHER dib-bar-TA
Exegesis
The temporal clause akhar ta'avoru {אַחַר תַּעֲבֹרוּ | ʾa-ḥar ta-ʿă-ḇō-rû} “after you pass on” frames the meal within the guests’ ongoing journey.
In context — Genesis 18:5
Let me bring a morsel of bread and refresh your hearts ; afterward you may pass on, for this reason you have passed by your servant. And they said, “So do, as you have spoken.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 18:5, so the Hebrew word תַּעֲבֹ֔רוּ (taavoru) 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.18.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.5.W6.S1) and character.