2 Samuel 20:8:152 Sam.20.8.W15TAB
חֶ֙רֶב֙
kherev
“of a sword”
- Transliteration
- KHE-rev
- Extended
- KHEH-rehv
- IPA
- /ˈħɛrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- of a 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
kha-GOR KHE-rev
- clause
ve-yo-AV kha-GUR mi-DO le-vu-SHU ve-a-LAV kha-GOR KHE-rev me-tsu-me-DET al-mat-NAI-v be-ta-ra ve-HU ya-TSA va-ti-POL
- sentence
HEM im-ha-E-ven ha-ge-do-LA a-SHER be-giv-ON va-a-ma-SA BA lif-ne-HEM ve-yo-AV kha-GUR mi-DO le-vu-SHU ve-a-LAV kha-GOR KHE-rev me-tsu-me-DET al-mat-NAI-v be-ta-ra ve-HU ya-TSA va-ti-POL
Root and etymology
ח־ר־ב
“sword, blade”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:8
They were at the great stone which is in Gibeon when Amasa came before them. Joab was girded with his garment—his outer robe—and had a sword fastened on his loins in its sheath; and as he went out, the sword fell.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:8:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Samuel 20:8, so the Hebrew word חֶ֙רֶב֙ (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 2 Sam.20.8.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.8.W15.S1) and character.