בֶחָֽרֶב׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בֶחָֽרֶב׃

   be-kha-REV

   with the sword
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 הִפִּילֻ֥הוּ בֶחָֽרֶב׃

   hi-pi-LU-hu be-kha-REV

   they made him fall or struck him down with the sword
3. clause🔊 וַיָּשָׁב֩ בְּבֹ֨שֶׁת פָּנִ֜ים לְאַרְצ֗וֹ וַיָּבֹא֙ בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהָ֔יו ומיציאו וּמִֽיצִיאֵ֣י מֵעָ֔יו שָׁ֖ם הִפִּילֻ֥הוּ בֶחָֽרֶב׃

   va-ya-SHAV be-VO-shet pa-NIM le-ar-TSO va-ya-VO BET e-lo-HAIV u-mi-tsi-O u-mi-tsi-E me-AV SHAM hi-pi-LU-hu be-kha-REV

   and he returned in shame of face to his land and he came into the house of his god and from those coming out of him or his descendants and those coming out of his inward parts or his body there they made him fall or struck him down with the sword
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח יְהוָה֙ מַלְאָ֔ךְ וַיַּכְחֵ֞ד כָּל־גִּבּ֥וֹר חַ֙יִל֙ וְנָגִ֣יד וְשָׂ֔ר בְּמַחֲנֵ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֑וּר וַיָּשָׁב֩ בְּבֹ֨שֶׁת פָּנִ֜ים לְאַרְצ֗וֹ וַיָּבֹא֙ בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהָ֔יו ומיציאו וּמִֽיצִיאֵ֣י מֵעָ֔יו שָׁ֖ם הִפִּילֻ֥הוּ בֶחָֽרֶב׃

   va-yish-LAKH ye-ho-VAH mal-AKH va-yak-KHED KAL-gi-BOR kha-YIL ve-na-GID ve-SAR be-ma-kha-NE ME-lekh a-SHUR va-ya-SHAV be-VO-shet pa-NIM le-ar-TSO va-ya-VO BET e-lo-HAIV u-mi-tsi-O u-mi-tsi-E me-AV SHAM hi-pi-LU-hu be-kha-REV

   and he sent the LORD an angel and he cut off or destroyed every mighty man of strength or valor and leader and prince or commander in the camp of the king of Assyria and he returned in shame of face to his land and he came into the house of his god and from those coming out of him or his descendants and those coming out of his inward parts or his body there they made him fall or struck him down with the sword

Exegesis

The account concludes with hipiluhu becharev {הִפִּּילוּהוּ֙ בֶּחָֽרֶב׃ | hi-ppīlûhû bə-ḥārev} ‘they struck him down with the sword’, emphasizing divine judgment enacted through his own offspring.

Root and etymology

ḥ-r-b🔊 ח־ר־בhet–resh–bet

“sword, cutting instrument”

• 🔊 חָרַבḥāravto destroyExodus 15:9