1 Chronicles 21:16:121 Chr.21.16.W12TAB
וְחַרְבּ֤וֹ
vekharbo
“and his sword”
- Transliteration
- ve-khar-BO
- Extended
- veh-khahr-BOH
- IPA
- /wəħarˈboː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and his sword
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-khar-BO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khar-BO she-lu-FA
- clause
va-yi-SA da-VID et-E-NAI-v va-yar-E et-mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH o-MED BEN ha-A-rets u-VEN ha-sha-MA-yim ve-khar-BO she-lu-FA be-ya-DO ne-tu-YA al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- sentence
va-yi-SA da-VID et-E-NAI-v va-yar-E et-mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH o-MED BEN ha-A-rets u-VEN ha-sha-MA-yim ve-khar-BO she-lu-FA be-ya-DO ne-tu-YA al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yi-POL da-VID ve-haz-ze-ke-NIM me-khu-SIM ba-sak-KIM al-pe-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The noun wə-ḥarbō {וְחַרְבּוֹ | wə-ḥarbō} ‘and his sword’ is described by the passive participles shəlūp̄ā {שְׁלוּפָה | shəlūp̄ā} ‘drawn’ and nətūyā {נְטוּיָה | nətūyā} ‘stretched out,’ with bə-yādō {בְּיָדֹו | bə-yādō} ‘in his hand’ and ʿal-yərūšālayim {עַל־יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם | ʿal-yərūšālayim} ‘over Jerusalem,’ indicating a posture of divine judgment.
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-bḥ-r-b
“sword, blade”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:16
And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between the earth and the heavens with his sword drawn in his hand and stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, covered in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:16:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Chronicles 21:16, so the Hebrew word וְחַרְבּ֤וֹ (vekharbo) 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.21.16.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.16.W12.S1) and character.