Ezekiel 21:11:7Ezek.21.11.W7TABWLC Ezekiel 21:16
חֶ֤רֶב֙
kherev
“a sword”
- Transliteration
- KHE-rev
- Extended
- KHEH-rehv
- IPA
- /ˈħɛrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- a 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
- phraseyour reading level
hi-hu-KHA-da KHE-rev
- clause
hi-hu-KHA-da KHE-rev ve-HI mo-RAT-ta la-TET o-TAH be-yad-ho-REG
- sentence
va-yit-NE-n o-TAH le-mar-TA lit-poS ba-KAF hi-hu-KHA-da KHE-rev ve-HI mo-RAT-ta la-TET o-TAH be-yad-ho-REG
Exegesis
The maqqef-linked expression hi-huchadah {הִיא־הוּחַדָּה | hîʾ-hûḥaddāh} ‘it has been sharpened’ foregrounds the result state with a resumptive pronoun, and cherev {חֶ֣רֶב֙ | ḥerev} stands in apposition, identifying what “it” is.
Root and etymology
consonants ח־ר־בChet–Resh–Bet
“to be dry, desolate”
In context — Ezekiel 21:11
It was given for polishing, to be grasped in the palm ; it has been sharpened, a sword, and it is polished, to put it into the hand of the slayer .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 21:11, so the Hebrew word חֶ֤רֶב֙ (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.21.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.11.W7.S1) and character.