Deuteronomy 16:9:5Deut.16.9.W5TAB
חֶרְמֵשׁ֙
khermesh
“a sickle”
- Transliteration
- kher-MESH
- Extended
- kher-MEHSH
- IPA
- /ħɛrˈmeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a sickle
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
kher-MESH
- phraseyour reading level
me-ha-KHEL kher-MESH
- clause
me-ha-KHEL kher-MESH ba-ka-MAH ta-KHEL lis-POR shiv-AH sha-vu-OT
- sentence
shiv-AH sha-vu-OT tis-PAR-lakh me-ha-KHEL kher-MESH ba-ka-MAH ta-KHEL lis-POR shiv-AH sha-vu-OT
Root and etymology
ḥet-resh-memḥet-resh-mem
“to cut, a cutting tool”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:9
You shall count seven weeks for yourself, and from the time you begin to put the sickle into the standing grain, you shall begin to count seven weeks.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 16:9, so the Hebrew word חֶרְמֵשׁ֙ (khermesh) 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 Deut.16.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.9.W5.S1) and character.