Joshua 18:13:1Josh.18.13.W1TAB
וְעָבַר֩
veavar
“and passed”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-VAR
- Extended
- veh-aa-VAR
- IPA
- /vəʕaːˈvar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and passed
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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
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-VAR mi-SHAM hag-GVUL
- clause
ve-a-VAR mi-SHAM hag-GVUL lu-ZAH el-KE-tef lu-ZAH NEG-ba HI BEIT-EL
- sentence
ve-a-VAR mi-SHAM hag-GVUL lu-ZAH el-KE-tef lu-ZAH NEG-ba HI BEIT-EL ve-ya-RAD hag-GVUL at-ROT a-DAR al-ha-HAR a-SHER mi-NEG-ev le-VEIT-KHO-ron takh-TON
Exegesis
This verse employs the vav-consecutive imperfect with veavar {וְעָבַר֩ | wə-ʿā-var} ‘and it crossed over’ and veyarad {וְיָרַד | wə-yā-rad} ‘and it descended’ to indicate sequential action.
Root and etymology
Rootʿayin–bet–resh
“to pass over”
In context — Joshua 18:13
And the boundary crossed over from there to Luz to the slope of Luz southward—it is Bethel—and descended to Ataroth Addar on the hill that lies south of Lower Beth-horon.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 18:13, so the Hebrew word וְעָבַר֩ (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.18.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.13.W1.S1) and character.