Ezekiel 21:19:7Ezek.21.19.W7TABWLC Ezekiel 21:24
חֶ֥רֶב
kherev
“a sword”
- Transliteration
- KHE-rev
- Extended
- KHEH-rehv
- IPA
- /laːˈvoː/
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
KHE-rev ME-lekh-ba-VEL
- clause
ve-a-TA ven-a-DAM sim-le-KHA she-NA-yim de-ra-KHIM la-VO KHE-rev ME-lekh-ba-VEL me-ER-ets e-KHAD
- sentence
ve-a-TA ven-a-DAM sim-le-KHA she-NA-yim de-ra-KHIM la-VO KHE-rev ME-lekh-ba-VEL me-ER-ets e-KHAD ye-tsu she-NE-hem ve-YAD ba-RE be-ROSH DE-rekh-im ba-RE
Exegesis
The first imperative sim-lekha {שִׂים־לְךָ | śîm-ləḵā} governs a concrete object, shenayim derakhim {שְׁנַיִם דְּרָכִים | šənáyim dərāḵîm} “two ways,” and is then extended by the purpose infinitive lavo {לָבוֹא | lāvōʾ} “to come,” specifying the intended movement of cherev {חֶרֶב | ḥerev} “sword,” a metonym for the military strike associated with melech-bavel {מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶל | meleḵ-bāvel}.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–resh–bet
“sword”
In context — Ezekiel 21:19
And you, Son of Man, set for yourself two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come; from one land both of them shall go out. And choose a signpost ; choose it at the head of the way to a city.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 21:19, so the Hebrew word חֶ֥רֶב (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.21.19.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.19.W7.S1) and character.