1 Kings 19:1:121 Kgs.19.1.W12TAB
בֶּחָֽרֶב׃
bekharev
“with a sword”
- Transliteration
- be-KHA-rev
- Extended
- beh-KHAA-rehv
- IPA
- /bəˈħaːrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- with a sword
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
be-KHA-rev
- clause
ve-ET KAL-a-SHER ha-RAG et-KAL-ha-ne-vi-IM be-KHA-rev
- sentence
va-yag-GED akh-AV le-i-ZE-vel ET KAL-a-SHER a-SA e-li-YA-hu ve-ET KAL-a-SHER ha-RAG et-KAL-ha-ne-vi-IM be-KHA-rev
Exegesis
The chiastic repetition of kol-asher frames Elijah’s actions comprehensively before specifying the instrument be-charev {בֶּחָֽרֶב | bə-ḥā-reḇ} (“with the sword”). In English, these Hebrew circumstantial and relative constructions are rendered with “everything that” and “including how” to preserve the emphatic parallelism while enhancing readability.
Root and etymology
resh–bet–bet
“much/exceeding”
In context — 1 Kings 19:1
So Ahab recounted to Jezebel everything that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:1:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 19:1, so the Hebrew word בֶּחָֽרֶב׃ (bekharev) 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 Kgs.19.1.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.1.W12.S1) and character.