Ezekiel 21:14:8Ezek.21.14.W8TABWLC Ezekiel 21:19
חֶ֣רֶב
kherev
“a sword”
- Transliteration
- KHE-rev
- Extended
- KHEH-rehv
- IPA
- /ˈħɛ.rɛv/
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
ve-ti-kha-FEL KHE-rev she-li-shi-TA
- clause
ve-ti-kha-FEL KHE-rev she-li-shi-TA KHE-rev kha-la-LIM HI KHE-rev kha-LAL
- sentence
ve-a-TA ven-a-DAM hi-na-VE ve-HAKH KAF el-KAF ve-ti-kha-FEL KHE-rev she-li-shi-TA KHE-rev kha-la-LIM HI KHE-rev kha-LAL ha-ga-DOL ha-kho-DE-ret la-HEM
Exegesis
The next verb vetikafel {וְתִכָּפֵ֞ל | wə-tik-kā-pēl} ‘and let it be doubled’ is an imperfect with jussive force; its feminine singular form anticipates cherev {חֶ֣רֶב | ḥe-reḇ} ‘sword’ as subject, creating a tight verbal-then-nominal linkage.
The verse then stacks appositional identifications: cherev chalalim {חֶ֚רֶב חֲלָלִ֔ים | ḥe-reḇ ḥă-lā-lîm} ‘a sword of slain ones’ is reasserted by hi {הִ֖יא | hîʾ} ‘it,’ and further specified as cherev chalal haggadol {חֶ֣רֶב חָלָ֑ל הַגָּד֔וֹל | ḥe-reḇ ḥā-lāl hag-gā-ḏōl} ‘a sword of a slain one, the great one,’ which can denote a prominent victim (leaders) or an intensified exemplar.
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-bChet–Resh–Bet
“to lay waste”
In context — Ezekiel 21:14
And you, son of man , prophesy, and strike palm to palm; and let the sword be doubled, a third time —a sword of the slain. It is a sword of a slain one, the great one, the one that penetrates to them.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 21:14, so the Hebrew word חֶ֣רֶב (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.21.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.14.W8.S1) and character.