1 Kings 19:17:31 Kgs.19.17.W3TAB
מֵחֶ֥רֶב
mekherev
“from the sword of”
- Transliteration
- me-KHE-rev
- Extended
- mee-KHEH-rehv
- IPA
- /meːˈħɛ.rɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the sword of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
me-KHE-rev
- phraseyour reading level
me-KHE-rev kha-za-EL
- clause
ve-ha-YA han-nim-LAT me-KHE-rev kha-za-EL ya-MIT ye-HU
- sentence
ve-ha-YA han-nim-LAT me-KHE-rev kha-za-EL ya-MIT ye-HU ve-han-nim-LAT me-KHE-rev ye-HU ya-MIT e-li-SHA
Exegesis
The definite Nifal participle hannimlat {הַנִּמְלָ֛ט | ha-nim-lāṭ} ‘the one who escapes’ functions as the protasis, and the prepositional phrase meḥerev {מֵחֶ֥רֶב | mē-ḥe-rev} ‘from the sword’ couples with the proper noun khazael {חֲזָאֵ֖ל | ḥă-zā-ʾēl} to specify the threat.
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-bḥ–r–b
“sword”
In context — 1 Kings 19:17
And it will be that whoever escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will put to death; and whoever escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will put to death.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 19:17, so the Hebrew word מֵחֶ֥רֶב (mekherev) 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.19.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.17.W3.S1) and character.