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title: עֲבָרָה — ford · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲבָרָה (5679), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: ford. BDB 1906: n.f. ford Qal. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲבָרָה

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«עֲבָרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ford** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5679 · **BDB:** עֲבָרָה

### Glosses

ford (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ford [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5679/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. ford Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5679/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. ford, rare synon. of מַעֲבָר, מַעְבָּרָה;—abs. הָע׳ 2 S 19:19 and they crossed the ford (v. עבר Qal 1 a); pl. cstr. עַבְרוֹת הַמִּדְבָּר 2 S 15:28 Kt (Qr עַרְבוֹת), so 17:16 van d. H. (but Baer Ginsb עַרְבוֹת Kt also), עַב׳ preferable (so Th We Dr Bu Kit Löhr HPS), the fords of the desert (HPS 17:16 n.pr.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲבָרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5679/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 19:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.19.19/)

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וְעָבְרָ֣ה הָעֲבָרָ֗ה לַֽעֲבִיר֙ אֶת־בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הַטּ֖וֹב בְּעֵינָ֑יו וְשִׁמְעִ֣י בֶן־גֵּרָ֗א נָפַל֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ בְּעָבְר֖וֹ בַּיַּרְדֵּֽן׃

*Word for word:* and it.passed.over the ford to bring.over (et) the.household of the.king and to do the good in eyes his and Shimei the.son of.Gera he.fell before the king when passed he in the Jordan

*JPS 1917:* And the ferryboat passed to and fro to bring over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he would go over the Jordan.

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