Numbers 20:17:19Num.20.17.W19TAB
אֲשֶֽׁר־נַעֲבֹ֖ר
ashernaavor
“we have passed through”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-na-a-VOR
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-nah-ah-VOHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃeʁ-na.ʕaˈvoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- we have passed through
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-na-a-VOR
- phraseyour reading level
AD a-SHER-na-a-VOR
- clause
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
- 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
Finally, the relative temporal clause ad a-sher na'avor {עַד אֲשֶׁר־נַעֲבֹ֖ר | ʿad ʾa-šer naʿăḇōr} sets the boundary as endpoint. The English renderings preserve the layered negatives, spatial framing, and polite tone.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-rayin-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 20:17:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Numbers 20:17, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶֽׁר־נַעֲבֹ֖ר (ashernaavor) 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.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.17.W19.S1) and character.