Genesis 33:3:2Gen.33.3.W2TAB
עָבַ֣ר
avar
“passed”
- Transliteration
- a-VAR
- Extended
- ah-VAHR
- IPA
- /ʕaː.ˈvar/
Meaning by language
- English
- passed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
a-VAR lif-nei-HEM
- clause
ve-HU a-VAR lif-nei-HEM
- sentence
ve-HU a-VAR lif-nei-HEM va-yish-ta-KHU ar-TSA SHE-va pe-a-MIM ad-gish-TO ad-a-KHIV
Exegesis
It continues with the Qal perfect avar {עָבַר | ʿā-var} ‘passed’ plus the spatial phrase lifneihem {לִפְנֵיהֶם | li-p̄ə-nê-hêm} ‘before them,’ locating Jacob ahead of his entourage.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-rayin–bet–resh
“to pass over”
In context — Genesis 33:3
And he went ahead of them, bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he drew near to his brother.
About this coordinate
Genesis 33:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 33:3, so the Hebrew word עָבַ֣ר (avar) 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.33.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.3.W2.S1) and character.