Numbers 14:41:6Num.14.41.W6TAB
עֹבְרִ֖ים
ovrim
“crossing {transgressing}”
- Transliteration
- ov-RIM
- Extended
- ohv-REEM
- IPA
- /ʕovˈrim/
Meaning by language
- English
- crossing {transgressing}
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ov-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-TEM ov-RIM
- clause
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH la-MAH zeh a-TEM ov-RIM et-PI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH la-MAH zeh a-TEM ov-RIM et-PI Ye-ho-VAH ve-HU LO tits-LAKH
Exegesis
The participle ’ōvrīm {עֹבְרִים | ’ōvrīm} ‘crossing’ conveys ongoing action and pairs with the construct phrase ’et pî YHWH {אֶת־פִּי יְהוָה | ’et-pî YHWH} ‘the mouth of the LORD’ to denote the violated instruction.
Root and etymology
ʿ-v-rayin-bet-resh
“to cross, transgress”
In context — Numbers 14:41
And Moses said, “Why is this —are you transgressing the command of the LORD ? For it will not succeed.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:41:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 14:41, so the Hebrew word עֹבְרִ֖ים (ovrim) 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 Num.14.41.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.41.W6.S1) and character.