Ezekiel 16:40:8Ezek.16.40.W8TAB
בְּחַרְבוֹתָֽם׃
bekharvotam
“with their swords”
- Transliteration
- be-khar-vo-TAM
- Extended
- beh-khahr-voh-TAAM
- IPA
- /bəħarvoːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- with their swords
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-khar-vo-TAM
- clause
u-vit-te-KUkh be-khar-vo-TAM
- sentence
ve-he-e-LU a-LA-yikh ka-HAL ve-rag-MU o-TAKH ba-A-ven u-vit-te-KUkh be-khar-vo-TAM
Exegesis
The Qal perfect veragmu {וְרָגְמוּ | wə-rāg-mû} “and they will stone” depicts formal capital punishment using ba'aven {בָּאָבֶן | bā-ʾe-ven} “with the stone,” and the Piel perfect ubittekukh {וּבִתְּקוּךְ | û-ḇit-tə-kûkh} “and they will pierce you” intensifies the violence leading to the instrument becharvotam {בְּחַרְבוֹתָם | bə-ḥar-ḇō-ṯām} “with their swords.” The coordination underscores the inevitability and severity of the judgment.
Root and etymology
ch-r-vchet–resh–vav
“sword, weapon”
In context — Ezekiel 16:40
And they will bring up an assembly against you, and they will stone you with stones , and they will pierce you with their swords.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:40:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 16:40, so the Hebrew word בְּחַרְבוֹתָֽם׃ (bekharvotam) 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.16.40.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.40.W8.S1) and character.