Joshua 15:4:1Josh.15.4.W1TAB
וְעָבַ֣ר
veavar
“and it passes over”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-VAR
- Extended
- veh-aa-VAR
- IPA
- /vəʕaˈvar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it passes over
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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 ats-mo-NAH
- clause
ve-a-VAR ats-mo-NAH ve-ya-TSA NA-khal mits-RA-yim ve-ha-YU tot-se-OT hag-GVUL yam-MAH
- sentence
ve-a-VAR ats-mo-NAH ve-ya-TSA NA-khal mits-RA-yim ve-ha-YU tot-se-OT hag-GVUL yam-MAH ze-yi-he-YEH la-KHEM gvuL NE-gev
Exegesis
The verse employs vav-consecutive narrative sequences ve-avar {וְעָבַ֣ר | wə-ʿā-ḇar} ‘and it passed’ and ve-yatza {וְיָצָא֙ | wə-yā-ṣāʾ} ‘and it went out’ to mark a route from Azmonah to the wadi {נַ֣חַל | na-ḥal} of Egypt.
Root and etymology
‘-b-rayin–bet–resh
“to cross over”
In context — Joshua 15:4
And it passed by Azmon and came out to the wadi of Egypt, and the outgoings of the boundary were at the sea. This shall be your southern boundary.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 15:4, so the Hebrew word וְעָבַ֣ר (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.15.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.4.W1.S1) and character.