1 Chronicles 16:18:51 Chr.16.18.W5TAB
חֶ֖בֶל
khevel
“portion or measuring line”
- Transliteration
- KHE-vel
- Extended
- KHEH-vehl
- IPA
- /ˈħɛvɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- portion or measuring line
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHE-vel
- sentence
le-MOR le-KHA e-TEN E-rets-ke-NA-an KHE-vel na-kha-LAT-khem
Exegesis
Chevel {חֶבֶל | ḥevel} ‘portion’ and naḥalatch’em {נַחֲלַתְכֶם | naḥălaṯkem} ‘your inheritance’ form a genitive construct indicating the allotted share. English shifts the Hebrew verb-initial order into subject-verb-object to foreground the divine promise with clarity.
Root and etymology
Rootchet-bet-lamed
“cord; measure”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:18
Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 16:18, so the Hebrew word חֶ֖בֶל (khevel) 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 1 Chr.16.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.18.W5.S1) and character.