Judges 18:13:1Judg.18.13.W1TAB
וַיַּעַבְר֥וּ
vayaavru
“and they passed over”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-AV-ru
- Extended
- vah-yah-AV-roo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕăˈvruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they passed over
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-AV-ru
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AV-ru mish-SHAM
- clause
va-ya-AV-ru mish-SHAM har-e-fra-YIM
- sentence
va-ya-AV-ru mish-SHAM har-e-fra-YIM va-ya-VO-u ad-BET mi-KHA
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive Qal imperfect vayyaʿăḇəru {וַיַּעַבְר֥וּ | wayyaʿăḇə-rû} ‘and they passed through’, establishing sequential movement.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-rayin–bet–resh
“to pass over”
In context — Judges 18:13
And they passed on from there into the hill country of Ephraim, and came as far as the house of Micah.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 18:13, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעַבְר֥וּ (vayaavru) 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 Judg.18.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.13.W1.S1) and character.