1 Samuel 21:9:31 Sam.21.9.W3TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:10
חֶ֣רֶב
kherev
“sword”
- Transliteration
- KHE-rev
- Extended
- KHEH-rehv
- IPA
- /ˈħɛ.rɛv/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
KHE-rev
- phraseyour reading level
KHE-rev gal-YAT ha-ple-shi-TI
- clause
va-yo-MER ha-ko-HEN KHE-rev gal-YAT ha-ple-shi-TI a-SHER-hi-KHI-ta be-E-mek ha-e-LA hin-NE-hi lu-TA va-sim-LA a-kha-RE ha-e-FOD im-o-TA ti-KAKH-le-KHA KAKH KI EN a-KHE-ret zu-la-TA ba-ZE
- sentence
va-yo-MER ha-ko-HEN KHE-rev gal-YAT ha-ple-shi-TI a-SHER-hi-KHI-ta be-E-mek ha-e-LA hin-NE-hi lu-TA va-sim-LA a-kha-RE ha-e-FOD im-o-TA ti-KAKH-le-KHA KAKH KI EN a-KHE-ret zu-la-TA ba-ZE va-yo-MER da-VID EN ka-MO-ha te-nen-NA LI
Exegesis
The conditional wᵊʾimtirṣē lāqqāḥ ʾōṯāh {וְאִם־תִּרְצֶה לָקַח אֹתָהּ | wᵊʾimtirṣē lāqqāḥ ʾōṯāh} ‘and if you want, take it’ issues an invitation, and the existential ʾēn cha-REV pô {אֵין חָרֵב פֹּה | ʾēn ḥārēḇ pô} ‘there is no sword here’ contrasts with ʾāḇāl hārəqem hîʾāh {אֲבָל הָרֶקֶם הִיא | ʾāḇāl hārəqem hîʾāh} ‘but that one is,’ confirming exclusivity.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–resh–bet
“sword, weapon”
In context — 1 Samuel 21:9
And the priest said, “Behold , the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod . If you will take it, take it, for there is no other sword here.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 21:9, so the Hebrew word חֶ֣רֶב (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 Sam.21.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.9.W3.S1) and character.