Deuteronomy 18:11:2Deut.18.11.W2TAB
חָ֑בֶר
khaver
“a charm”
- Transliteration
- kha-VER
- Extended
- khaa-VEHR
- IPA
- /xaˈvɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a charm
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-VER
- clause
ve-kho-VER kha-VER
- sentence
ve-kho-VER kha-VER ve-sho-EL OV ve-yid-o-NEE ve-do-RESH el-ha-me-TIM
Exegesis
The first clause, khover {וְחֹבֵ֖ר | wə-ḥō-bēr} ‘one who binds’, takes a cognate accusative khaver {חָ֑בֶר | ḥā-ḇer} ‘binding’, emphasizing ongoing magical action.
Root and etymology
RootChet-Bet-Resh
“to bind”
In context — Deuteronomy 18:11
Or one who binds a magical bond, or one who asks a medium, or one who invokes a familiar spirit, or one who inquires of the dead.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 18:11, so the Hebrew word חָ֑בֶר (khaver) 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.18.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.11.W2.S1) and character.