Joshua 16:2:4Josh.16.2.W4TAB
וְעָבַ֛ר
veavar
“and passed along”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-VAR
- Extended
- veh-aa-VAR
- IPA
- /vəʕaˈvar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and passed 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-VAR
- clause
ve-a-VAR el-ge-VUL ha-ar-KI a-ta-ROT
- sentence
ve-ya-TSA mi-BEIT-EL lu-ZAH ve-a-VAR el-ge-VUL ha-ar-KI a-ta-ROT
Exegesis
The verse continues a boundary description by using a sequence of wayyiqtol-style verbs with vav consecutive: veyatsa {וְיָצָ֥א | wə-yā-ṣāʾ} ‘and it went out’ followed by veavar {וְעָבַ֛ר | wə-ʿā-ḇar} ‘and it crossed/passed over’, presenting consecutive stages along the line.
Root and etymology
ע־ב־רAyin–Bet–Resh
“cross over”
In context — Joshua 16:2
And it went out from Bethel to Luz, and it passed over to the border of the Archite , Ataroth.
About this coordinate
Joshua 16:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 16:2, so the Hebrew word וְעָבַ֛ר (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.16.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.2.W4.S1) and character.