Numbers 32:21:1Num.32.21.W1TAB
וְעָבַ֨ר
veavar
“and will cross”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-VAR
- Extended
- veh-aa-VAR
- IPA
- /vəʕaˈvar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and will cross
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ve-a-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-VAR la-KHEM kol-kha-LUTS
- clause
ve-a-VAR la-KHEM kol-kha-LUTS et-ha-yar-DEN lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-a-VAR la-KHEM kol-kha-LUTS et-ha-yar-DEN lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH AD ho-ri-SHO et-oy-va-VAV mi-pa-NAV
Exegesis
The Hebrew clause begins with the vav-consecutive on ve‘āvar {וְעָבַר | wə-‘ā-var} ‘and will cross’, linking this provision to the preceding commands.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-rayin-bet-resh
“to cross over, pass through”
In context — Numbers 32:21
And all of you who are armed will cross the Jordan before the LORD until He has driven out His enemies from before Him.
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 32:21, so the Hebrew word וְעָבַ֨ר (veavar) 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.32.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.21.W1.S1) and character.