Isaiah 23:12:11Isa.23.12.W11TAB
עֲבֹ֔רִי
avori
“cross over”
- Transliteration
- a-VO-ri
- Extended
- ah-VOH-ree
- IPA
- /ʕăvoːˈriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- cross over
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-VO-ri
- phraseyour reading level
ku-MI a-VO-ri
- clause
ha-me-u-sha-KA be-tu-LAT bat-tsi-DON khe-ti-IM ki-TIM ku-MI a-VO-ri gam-SHAM lo-ya-NU-akh LAKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer lo-to-si-FI OD la-e-LOZ ha-me-u-sha-KA be-tu-LAT bat-tsi-DON khe-ti-IM ki-TIM ku-MI a-VO-ri gam-SHAM lo-ya-NU-akh LAKH
Exegesis
The successive imperatives qūmmî and ʿăbōrî {ק֣וּמִי עֲבֹ֔רִי | qūmmî ʿăbōrî} ‘arise, pass over’ create urgency, while gam-šām {גַּם־שָׁ֖ם | gam-šām} ‘even there’ extends the decree.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-rayin–bet–resh
“to cross over”
In context — Isaiah 23:12
And He said, “You shall no longer rejoice, O oppressed virgin, daughter of Sidon; arise, cross over to Kittim —even there there shall be no rest for you.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 23:12:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Isaiah 23:12, so the Hebrew word עֲבֹ֔רִי (avori) 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 Isa.23.12.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.23.12.W11.S1) and character.