Numbers 21:22:15Num.21.22.W15TAB
אֲשֶֽׁר־נַעֲבֹ֖ר
ashernaavor
“we have passed through”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-na-a-VOR
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-nah-ah-VOHR
- IPA
- /ʔaʃˈʃɛr.naʕaˈvoːr/
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
be-DE-rekh ha-ME-lekh nei-LEKH AD a-SHER-na-a-VOR ge-vu-LE-kha
- 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
Finally, the temporal clause ad asher-naavor {עַד אֲשֶֽׁר־נַעֲבֹ֖ר | ʿad ʼă-šer-na-ʿă-vôr} ‘until we pass through’ coupled with gevulekha {גְּבֻלֶֽךָ | gə-vu-lê-kha} marks spatial and temporal limits. The English sequence preserves the Hebrew’s respectful requests and assurances.
Root and etymology
ayin-bet-reshʿayin-bet-resh
“to cross over”
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 21:22:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Numbers 21:22, 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.21.22.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.22.W15.S1) and character.