Numbers 21:23:4Num.21.23.W4TAB
עֲבֹ֣ר
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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Word in context
- word
a-VOR
- phraseyour reading level
a-VOR big-vu-LO
- clause
ve-LO-na-TAN see-KHON ET-yis-ra-EL a-VOR big-vu-LO va-ye-e-SOF see-KHON ET-kol-am-MO va-ye-TSE lik-RAT yis-ra-EL ham-mid-BA-ra va-ya-VO yah-TSAH
- sentence
ve-LO-na-TAN see-KHON ET-yis-ra-EL a-VOR big-vu-LO va-ye-e-SOF see-KHON ET-kol-am-MO va-ye-TSE lik-RAT yis-ra-EL ham-mid-BA-ra va-ya-VO yah-TSAH va-yil-LA-khem be-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The infinitive construct avor {עֲבֹר | ʿă-vōr} ‘to pass through’ follows, with the direct-object marker et and the proper name in et-yisrael {אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾet-yīś-rā-ʾēl}.
Root and etymology
ayin-bet-reshʿayin-bet-resh
“to cross over”
In context — Numbers 21:23
But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people and went out to meet them toward the wilderness . He arrived at Jahaz and fought against Israel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 21:23, so the Hebrew word עֲבֹ֣ר (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.21.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.23.W4.S1) and character.