Exodus 17:13:5Exod.17.13.W5TAB
לְפִי־חָֽרֶב׃
lefikharev
“by edge of sword”
- Transliteration
- le-fi-KHA-rev
- Extended
- leh-fee-KHAA-rehv
- IPA
- /lə.fiː.ˈħaː.rɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- by edge of 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
- sentence
va-ya-kha-LOSH ye-ho-SHU-a et-a-ma-LEK ve-et-am-MO le-fi-KHA-rev
Exegesis
The idiomatic prepositional phrase lĕpî-ḥārev {לְפִי־חָרֶב | lə-pî-ḥā-rev} literally ‘by the mouth of the sword’ conveys decisive action; it is rendered formally as ‘wielding the sword’ to reflect actor control and dynamically as ‘by the sword’ for immediacy.
Root and etymology
ch-r-bcheth–resh–beth
“to be dry, desolate”
In context — Exodus 17:13
Joshua subdued Amalek and his people in battle, wielding the sword .
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 17:13, 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 Exod.17.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.13.W5.S1) and character.