Numbers 20:21:5Num.20.21.W5TAB
עֲבֹ֖ר
avor
“to pass”
- Transliteration
- a-VOR
- Extended
- ah-VOHR
- IPA
- /ʕaˈvoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to pass
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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-VOR
- clause
va-ye-ma-EN e-DOM ne-TON et-yis-ra-EL a-VOR big-vu-LO
- sentence
va-ye-ma-EN e-DOM ne-TON et-yis-ra-EL a-VOR big-vu-LO va-YET yis-ra-EL me-a-LAV
Exegesis
The infinitive avor {עֲבֹר | ʿăḇôr} ‘to pass’ completes the request.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-rayin-bet-resh
“to pass over”
In context — Numbers 20:21
So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through his border , and Israel turned away from him.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 20:21, so the Hebrew word עֲבֹ֖ר (avor) 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.20.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.21.W5.S1) and character.