חֶרֶב֮

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חֶרֶב֮

   KHE-rev

   sword
2. clause🔊 אִם־תָּב֨וֹא עָלֵ֜ינוּ רָעָ֗ה חֶרֶב֮ שְׁפוֹט֮ וְדֶ֣בֶר וְרָעָב֒ נַֽעַמְדָ֞ה לִפְנֵ֨י הַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ וּלְפָנֶ֔יךָ כִּ֥י שִׁמְךָ֖ בַּבַּ֣יִת הַזֶּ֑ה

   im-ta-VO a-LE-nu ra-A KHE-rev she-FOT ve-DE-ver ve-ra-AV na-am-DA lif-NE ha-BA-yit ha-ZE u-le-fa-NE-kha KI SHIM-kha ba-BA-yit ha-ZE

   if it comes upon us evil or calamity sword judgment and pestilence and famine we will stand before the house this and before you for your name in the house this
3. sentence🔊 אִם־תָּב֨וֹא עָלֵ֜ינוּ רָעָ֗ה חֶרֶב֮ שְׁפוֹט֮ וְדֶ֣בֶר וְרָעָב֒ נַֽעַמְדָ֞ה לִפְנֵ֨י הַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ וּלְפָנֶ֔יךָ כִּ֥י שִׁמְךָ֖ בַּבַּ֣יִת הַזֶּ֑ה וְנִזְעַ֥ק אֵלֶ֛יךָ מִצָּרָתֵ֖נוּ וְתִשְׁמַ֥ע וְתוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃

   im-ta-VO a-LE-nu ra-A KHE-rev she-FOT ve-DE-ver ve-ra-AV na-am-DA lif-NE ha-BA-yit ha-ZE u-le-fa-NE-kha KI SHIM-kha ba-BA-yit ha-ZE ve-niz-AK E-le-kha mits-tsa-ra-TE-nu ve-tish-MA ve-to-SHI-a

   if it comes upon us evil or calamity sword judgment and pestilence and famine we will stand before the house this and before you for your name in the house this and we will cry out to you from our distress and you will hear and you will save

Exegesis

The verse begins with the conditional im {אִם | ʾim} ‘if’, followed by an asyndetic list of raah {רָעָה | ra·ʿā(h)} ‘calamity’, cherev {חֶרֶב | ḥe·reḇ} ‘sword’, shefot {שְׁפוֹט | še·p̄ōṭ} ‘judgment’, dever {דֶּבֶר | de·ḇer} ‘pestilence’, and raav {רָעָב | ra·ʿāv} ‘famine’, emphasizing cumulative threat.