2 Chronicles 23:14:162 Chr.23.14.W16TAB
בֶּחָ֑רֶב
bekharev
“with the sword”
- Transliteration
- be-kha-REV
- Extended
- beh-hah-REHV
- IPA
- /bəħɑˈrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the sword
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
be-kha-REV
- phraseyour reading level
yu-MAT be-kha-REV
- clause
va-yo-TSAY ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN et-sa-RE ha-me-OT pe-ku-DE ha-kha-YIL va-yo-MER a-le-HEM ho-tsi-U-ha el-mib-BET has-de-ROT ve-ha-BA a-kha-re-HA yu-MAT be-kha-REV
- sentence
va-yo-TSAY ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN et-sa-RE ha-me-OT pe-ku-DE ha-kha-YIL va-yo-MER a-le-HEM ho-tsi-U-ha el-mib-BET has-de-ROT ve-ha-BA a-kha-re-HA yu-MAT be-kha-REV KI a-MAR ha-ko-HEN LO te-mi-TU-ha BET ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The relative participle wəhabbāʾ ʾaḥărêhā {וְהַבָּ֥א אַחֲרֶיהָ֖ | wəhabbāʾ ʾaḥărêhā} ‘and whoever comes after her’ introduces the conditional for the Hofal imperfect yūmmāṯ {יוּמַ֣ת | yūmmāṯ} ‘shall be put to death’ with the instrumental beḥārēḇ {בֶּחָ֑רֶב | beḥārēḇ} ‘by the sword.’
Root and etymology
Rootchet–resh–bet
“sword, weapon”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:14
Jehoiada the priest brought out the commanders of the hundreds who were appointed over the force and said to them, “Take her out between the ranks ; and whoever goes after her shall be put to death by the sword. For the priest had said, ‘Do not put her to death in the house of the LORD .’”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:14:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Chronicles 23:14, so the Hebrew word בֶּחָ֑רֶב (bekharev) 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 2 Chr.23.14.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.14.W16.S1) and character.