Numbers 20:17:4Num.20.17.W4TAB
נַעֲבֹר֙
naavor
“pass through”
- Transliteration
- na-a-VOR
- Extended
- nah-ah-VOHR
- IPA
- /na.ʕaˈvoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- pass through
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 | |
| 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
na-a-VOR
- phraseyour reading level
LO na-a-VOR
- 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.
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
'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 20:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 20:17, so the Hebrew word נַעֲבֹר֙ (naavor) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.17.W4.S1) and character.