Proverbs 7:8:1Prov.7.8.W1TAB
עֹבֵ֣ר
over
“passing”
- Transliteration
- o-VER
- Extended
- oh-VEER
- IPA
- /ʕoːˈveːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- passing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-VER
- clause
o-VER ba-SHUK E-tsel pin-NAH
- sentence
o-VER ba-SHUK E-tsel pin-NAH ve-DE-rekh be-TAH yits-AD
Exegesis
The verse begins with the participle over {עֹבֵ֣ר | ‘ô-vēr} ‘passing’ indicating ongoing motion.
In context — Proverbs 7:8
He crossed the street by her corner, and he stepped along the road leading to her house .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 7:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 7:8, so the Hebrew word עֹבֵ֣ר (over) 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 Prov.7.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.7.8.W1.S1) and character.