Genesis 33:14:1Gen.33.14.W1TAB
יַעֲבָר־נָ֥א
yaavarna
“please pass on”
- Transliteration
- ya-a-var-NA
- Extended
- yah-ah-vahr-NAA
- IPA
- /ja.ʕă.vaːr.ˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- please pass on
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-a-var-NA
- phraseyour reading level
ya-a-var-NA a-do-NI
- clause
ya-a-var-NA a-do-NI li-fe-NEI av-DO
- sentence
ya-a-var-NA a-do-NI li-fe-NEI av-DO va-a-NI e-te-na-ha-LA le-it-TI le-RE-gel ha-me-la-KHA a-sher-le-fa-NAI u-le-RE-gel ha-ye-la-DIM AD a-sher-a-VO el-a-do-NI se-i-RA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the Qal jussive yaavar-na {יַעֲבָר־נָא | yaʿăḇar-nāʾ} ‘let him please pass’, where the particle נָ֥א marks polite entreaty.
Root and etymology
ע־ב־ר
“cross over”
In context — Genesis 33:14
Let my lord go on before his servant, and I will follow at a measured pace, matching the livestock before me and the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.
About this coordinate
Genesis 33:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 33:14, so the Hebrew word יַעֲבָר־נָ֥א (yaavarna) 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.33.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.14.W1.S1) and character.