Genesis 21:30:7Gen.21.30.W7TAB
בַּעֲבוּר֙
baavur
“so that”
- Transliteration
- ba-a-VUR
- Extended
- bah-ah-VOOR
- IPA
- /ba.ʕa.ˈvuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- so that
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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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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-a-VUR
- clause
ba-a-VUR ti-he-ye-LI le-e-DA KI kha-FAR-ti et-ha-be-ER ha-ZOT
- sentence
va-YO-mer KI et-SHE-va ke-va-SOT ti-KAKH mi-ya-DI ba-a-VUR ti-he-ye-LI le-e-DA KI kha-FAR-ti et-ha-be-ER ha-ZOT
Exegesis
The preposition baavur {בַּעֲבוּר | ba-ʿă-vûr} (‘so that’) introduces a purpose/result clause with tihyeh-li leʿedah {תִּֽהְיֶה־לִּי לְעֵדָה | tih-yeh-lî lə-ʿê-ḏāh} ‘it shall be for me as a witness.’
In context — Genesis 21:30
And he said, “Because you will take these seven ewe-lambs from my hand, it will serve as a witness that I have dug this well.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:30:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 21:30, so the Hebrew word בַּעֲבוּר֙ (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.21.30.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.30.W7.S1) and character.