1 Chronicles 21:12:131 Chr.21.12.W13TAB
חֶ֣רֶב
kherev
“a sword”
- Transliteration
- KHE-rev
- Extended
- KHEH-rehv
- IPA
- /ˈħɛrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- a sword
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHE-rev
- phraseyour reading level
KHE-rev ye-ho-VAH ve-DE-ver
- clause
im-sha-LOSH sha-NIM ra-AV ve-im-she-lo-SHA kho-da-SHIM nis-pe mip-pe-NE-tsa-re-KHA ve-KHE-rev o-ye-VE-kha le-mas-se-GET ve-im-she-LO-shet ya-MIM KHE-rev ye-ho-VAH ve-DE-ver ba-A-rets u-mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH mash-KHIT be-khol-ge-VUL yis-ra-EL
- sentence
im-sha-LOSH sha-NIM ra-AV ve-im-she-lo-SHA kho-da-SHIM nis-pe mip-pe-NE-tsa-re-KHA ve-KHE-rev o-ye-VE-kha le-mas-se-GET ve-im-she-LO-shet ya-MIM KHE-rev ye-ho-VAH ve-DE-ver ba-A-rets u-mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH mash-KHIT be-khol-ge-VUL yis-ra-EL ve-a-TA re-E MA-o-SHIV et-sho-le-KHI da-VAR
Exegesis
The verse employs a triadic conditional structure signaled by im {אִם | ʾim} ‘if,’ each clause introduced by a temporal phrase (šālōš šānīm rāʿāḇ {שָׁל֨וֹשׁ שָׁנִ֜ים רָעָ֗ב | šālōš šānīm rāʿāḇ} ‘three years of famine,’ šəlōšāh ḥōḏāšīm nispēh mippənē ṣārēḵā {שְׁלֹשָׁ֨ה חֳדָשִׁ֜ים נִסְפֶּ֥ה מִפְּנֵי־צָרֶיךָ֮ | šəlōšāh ḥōḏāšīm nispēh mippənē ṣārēḵā} ‘three months of being destroyed before your adversaries,’ šəlōšet yāmīm ḥereḇ YHWH ve-deḇēr ba-ʾāreṣ {שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָ֠מִים חֶ֣רֶב יְהוָ֤ה וְדֶ֙בֶר֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ | šəlōšet yāmīm ḥereḇ Yə-hō-wāh wə-deḇēr ba-ʾāreṣ} ‘three days of the sword of the LORD and pestilence in the land’), linked by vav-conjunctions to amplify urgency.
Construct-state expressions (e.g., ṣārēḵā {צָרֶיךָ | ṣārēḵā}, ḥereḇ ʾōyvēḵā {חֶרֶב אוֹיְבֶךָ | ḥereḇ ʾōyvēḵā}) indicate possession. The Niphal participle nispēh conveys passive destruction, while the Hiphil participle mašḥīṯ marks active devastation. The imperative rəʾēh (‘see’) invites decision, and the Hiphil imperfect mā-ʾašîḇ underscores the speaker’s forthcoming reply.
Root and etymology
Rootchet-resh-bet
“to destroy”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:12
If three years of famine, or if three months of devastation before your adversaries with the sword of your enemies overtaking you, or if three days of the sword of the LORD and pestilence in the land with the angel of the LORD destroying across all the borders of Israel—now see what answer I shall return as a message to the one who sent me.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:12:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Chronicles 21:12, so the Hebrew word חֶ֣רֶב (kherev) 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.21.12.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.12.W13.S1) and character.