1 Samuel 17:50:91 Sam.17.50.W9TAB
וְחֶ֖רֶב
vekherev
“and a sword”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHE-rev
- Extended
- veh-KHEH-rehv
- IPA
- /vəˈħɛ.rɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a sword
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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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-KHE-rev
- clause
ve-KHE-rev EN be-yad-da-VID
- sentence
va-ye-khe-ZAK da-VID min-ha-pe-li-SHTI ba-KE-la u-va-E-ven va-YAKH et-ha-pe-li-SHTI va-ye-mi-TE-hu ve-KHE-rev EN be-yad-da-VID
Exegesis
The nominal clause vecherev ’ēn beyad-dāwîd {וְחֶ֖רֶב אֵ֥ין בְּיַד־דָּוִֽד | və-ḥe-reḇ ’ēn bə-yaḏ-dā-wîd} ‘and a sword was not in the hand of David’ underscores the absence of conventional arms and highlights the theological theme of empowerment beyond human weaponry.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:50
David prevailed over the Philistine with the sling and with the stone; he struck the Philistine and killed him, and there was no sword in David’s hand.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:50:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 17:50, so the Hebrew word וְחֶ֖רֶב (vekherev) 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.17.50.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.50.W9.S1) and character.