2 Samuel 15:14:222 Sam.15.14.W22TAB
לְפִי־חָֽרֶב׃
lefikharev
“by the mouth of the sword”
- Transliteration
- le-fi-KHA-rev
- Extended
- leh-fee-KHAA-rehv
- IPA
- /ləfiː.ˈħaː.rɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the mouth of the sword
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-fi-KHA-rev
- clause
ma-ha-RU la-LE-khet pen-ye-ma-HER ve-his-si-GA-nu ve-hid-DI-akh a-LEI-nu et-ha-ra-A ve-hik-KA ha-IR le-fi-KHA-rev
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID le-KHAL-a-va-DAV a-SHER-it-TO vi-ru-sha-LA-yim KU-mu ve-niv-ra-KHA KI LO-ti-he-YE-la-NU pe-lei-TA mip-pe-NEI av-sha-LOM ma-ha-RU la-LE-khet pen-ye-ma-HER ve-his-si-GA-nu ve-hid-DI-akh a-LEI-nu et-ha-ra-A ve-hik-KA ha-IR le-fi-KHA-rev
Exegesis
The Hifil vehidi’ach {וְהִדִּיחַ | wə-hid-dî-aḥ} ‘bring upon us’ with et-hara’ah {אֶת־הָרָעָה | ’et-hā-rā-‘āh} ‘the disaster’ denotes causation, and the Hifil vehikah {וְהִכָּה | wə-hiq-qā} ‘strike’ with the construct lefi-charev {לְפִי־חָרֶב | lə-p̄î-ḥā-reḇ} employs an idiom “edge of the sword.” The English translation maintains the Hebrew’s sequential and syntactic flow by aligning imperatives, cohortative, and causative forms, preserving the cautionary tone and vivid imagery of impending calamity.
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-bchet–resh–bet
“to be dry; sword”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:14
And David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, for there will be no escape for us from Absalom. Hurry to depart, lest he hasten and overtake us and bring upon us the disaster and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:14:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of 2 Samuel 15:14, so the Hebrew word לְפִי־חָֽרֶב׃ (lefikharev) 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 Sam.15.14.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.14.W22.S1) and character.