Numbers 20:17:1Num.20.17.W1TAB
נַעְבְּרָה־נָּ֣א
naavrahna
“Let us pass, please”
- Transliteration
- na-av-RAH-NA
- Extended
- nah-ev-RAA-NAH
- IPA
- /naʕ.bəˈraː.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Let us pass, please
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-av-RAH-NA
- phraseyour reading level
na-av-RAH-NA ve-ar-TSE-kha
- clause
na-av-RAH-NA ve-ar-TSE-kha LO na-a-VOR be-sa-DEH u-ve-KE-rem ve-LO nish-TEH MEI ve-ER
- sentence
na-av-RAH-NA ve-ar-TSE-kha LO na-a-VOR be-sa-DEH u-ve-KE-rem ve-LO nish-TEH MEI ve-ER DE-rekh ha-ME-lekh nei-LEKH LO ni-TEH ya-MIN u-se-MOL AD a-SHER-na-a-VOR ge-vu-LE-kha
Exegesis
The verse opens with the cohortative verb na'averah-na {נַעְבְּרָה־נָּ֣א | naʿbərā-nā} ‘let us please pass’, marking a polite request.
Root and etymology
'BRayin–bet–resh
“to pass over”
In context — Numbers 20:17
Please let us pass through your land. We will not travel through a field or vineyard, nor will we drink water from a well. We will remain on the king’s road and will not turn aside to the right or to the left until we have gone beyond your border.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 20:17, so the Hebrew word נַעְבְּרָה־נָּ֣א (naavrahna) 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.20.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.17.W1.S1) and character.