1 Chronicles 21:5:141 Chr.21.5.W14TAB
חֶ֔רֶב
kherev
“sword”
- Transliteration
- KHE-rev
- Extended
- KHEH-rehv
- IPA
- /ˈħɛrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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Word in context
- word
KHE-rev
- phraseyour reading level
sho-LEF KHE-rev
- clause
va-ye-HI khol-yis-ra-EL E-lef a-la-FIM u-me-A E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHE-rev vi-ye-hu-DA ar-BA me-OT ve-shiv-IM E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHA-rev
- sentence
va-yit-TEN yo-AV et-mis-PA-r mif-kad-ha-AM el-da-VID va-ye-HI khol-yis-ra-EL E-lef a-la-FIM u-me-A E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHE-rev vi-ye-hu-DA ar-BA me-OT ve-shiv-IM E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHA-rev
Exegesis
The appositional description ʾish sholef cherev {אִישׁ֙ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חֶ֔רֶב | ʾîš šōlēp̄ ḥereḇ} identifies the counted group as armed combatants, and the Judah clause mirrors the same pattern (name + number + qualifier), creating parallelism that highlights the two totals side by side. In English, the Hebrew narrative verbs are rendered with simple past tense, and the numeric idioms are converted into standard figures while retaining the repeated “drawing the sword” wording to preserve the verse’s rhythmic, report-like style.
Root and etymology
consonantschet–resh–bet
“sword”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:5
And Joab gave the number of the census of the people to David, and all Israel was 1,100,000 men drawing the sword, and Judah was 470,000 men drawing the sword.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:5:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Chronicles 21:5, so the Hebrew word חֶ֔רֶב (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.21.5.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.5.W14.S1) and character.