1 Samuel 15:33:61 Sam.15.33.W6TAB
חַרְבֶּ֔ךָ
kharbekha
“your sword”
- Transliteration
- khar-BE-kha
- Extended
- khar-BEH-khah
- IPA
- /ħarˈbɛxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your sword
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
khar-BE-kha
- clause
va-yoh-MER she-moo-EL ka-a-SHER shi-ke-LA na-SHIM khar-BE-kha KEN-tish-KAL min-na-SHIM i-ME-kha
- sentence
va-yoh-MER she-moo-EL ka-a-SHER shi-ke-LA na-SHIM khar-BE-kha KEN-tish-KAL min-na-SHIM i-ME-kha va-ye-sha-SEF she-moo-EL et-a-GAG lif-NE ye-ho-VAH ba-gil-GAL
Exegesis
The Piel perfect šiklāh {שִׁכְּלָה | šiklāh} conveys agentive causation by the sword ḥarbəḵā {חַרְבְּךָ | ḥarbəḵā}, while the Qal imperfect tiškāl {תִּשְׁכַּל | tiškāl} places the result in the future with reference to Agag’s mother.
Root and etymology
ch-r-vchet–resh–bet
“sword, destruction”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:33
And Samuel said, “Just as your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:33:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 15:33, so the Hebrew word חַרְבֶּ֔ךָ (kharbekha) 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 Sam.15.33.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.33.W6.S1) and character.