Numbers 21:22:1Num.21.22.W1TAB
אֶעְבְּרָ֣ה
eevberah
“Let me pass”
- Transliteration
- e-ev-be-RAH
- Extended
- eh-ev-be-RAA
- IPA
- /ʔeʕbərˈaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Let me pass
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-ev-be-RAH
- phraseyour reading level
e-ev-be-RAH ve-ar-TSE-kha
- clause
e-ev-be-RAH ve-ar-TSE-kha LO ni-TEH be-sa-DEH u-ve-KE-rem LO nish-TEH MEI ve-ER
- sentence
e-ev-be-RAH ve-ar-TSE-kha LO ni-TEH be-sa-DEH u-ve-KE-rem LO nish-TEH MEI ve-ER be-DE-rekh ha-ME-lekh nei-LEKH AD a-SHER-na-a-VOR ge-vu-LE-kha
Exegesis
The verse opens with the cohortative verb eebra {אֶעְבְּרָ֣ה | ʼeʿ-bə-rā} expressing a polite request.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-rayin-bet-resh
“to pass through”
In context — Numbers 21:22
Let me pass through your land. We will not turn aside into a field or into a vineyard. We will not drink water from a well. We will go along the King’s Highway until we have passed through your border .
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 21:22, so the Hebrew word אֶעְבְּרָ֣ה (eevberah) 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.21.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.22.W1.S1) and character.