Ezekiel 14:21:10Ezek.14.21.W10TAB
חֶ֠רֶב
kherev
“sword”
- Transliteration
- KHE-rev
- Extended
- KHEH-rehv
- IPA
- /ˈħɛrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
- clause
KI KHO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH AF ki-ar-BA-at she-fa-TAI ha-ra-IM KHE-rev ve-ra-AV ve-kha-YA ra-A va-DE-ver shi-lakh-TI el-ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- sentence
KI KHO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH AF ki-ar-BA-at she-fa-TAI ha-ra-IM KHE-rev ve-ra-AV ve-kha-YA ra-A va-DE-ver shi-lakh-TI el-ye-ru-sha-LA-im le-hakh-RIT mi-ME-na a-DAM u-ve-he-MA
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-bchet–resh–bet
“sword; to destroy”
In context — Ezekiel 14:21
For thus says the Lord GOD : How much more when I send My four severe judgments—sword, famine, wild beast, and pestilence—to cut off from Jerusalem man and animal.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 14:21, so the Hebrew word חֶ֠רֶב (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 Ezek.14.21.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.21.W10.S1) and character.