Joshua 15:11:9Josh.15.11.W9TAB
וְעָבַ֥ר
veavar
“and passes along”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-VAR
- Extended
- veh-aa-VAR
- IPA
- /vəʕaˈvar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and passes along
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ve-a-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-VAR har-ha-ba-a-LA
- clause
ve-ya-TSA hag-GEV-ul el-KE-tef ek-RON tsa-fo-NA ve-ta-AR hag-GEV-ul shik-ro-NA ve-a-VAR har-ha-ba-a-LA ve-ya-TSA yav-ne-EL
- sentence
ve-ya-TSA hag-GEV-ul el-KE-tef ek-RON tsa-fo-NA ve-ta-AR hag-GEV-ul shik-ro-NA ve-a-VAR har-ha-ba-a-LA ve-ya-TSA yav-ne-EL ve-ha-YU tot-tse-OT hag-GEV-ul ya-MA
Exegesis
Subsequent clauses use veta’ar {וְתָאַר | wə-ṭā-ʾar} ‘and it turned’, ve’avar {וְעָבַר | wə-‘ā-var} ‘and it passed’, and veyatsa {וְיָצָא | wə-yā-ṣāʾ} ‘and it went out’ linked to the place names Shikkronah {שִׁכְּרוֹנָה | ši-kə-rō-nāh}, har-ha-ba’alah {הַר־הַבַּעֲלָה | har-hă-ʾă-lāh}, and Yavne’el {יַבְנְאֵל | yab-nē-ʾēl}.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-rayin–bet–resh
“to cross over”
In context — Joshua 15:11
And the border went out to the slope of Ekron northward, then turned to Shikkeron, passed over Mount Baalah, and went out to Jabneel; and the outgoings of the border were at the sea.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:11:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 15:11, so the Hebrew word וְעָבַ֥ר (veavar) 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 Josh.15.11.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.11.W9.S1) and character.