Ezekiel 21:20:4Ezek.21.20.W4TABWLC Ezekiel 21:25
חֶ֔רֶב
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
la-VO KHE-rev
- clause
DE-rekh ta-SIM la-VO KHE-rev ET RAB-bat be-NE-A-MON
- sentence
DE-rekh ta-SIM la-VO KHE-rev ET RAB-bat be-NE-A-MON ve-ET-ye-hu-DA bi-ru-sha-LA-im be-tsu-RA
Exegesis
Lavo {לָבוֹא | lā-ḇô} ‘to come’ links to cherev {חֶרֶב | ḥe-reḇ} ‘sword’, signaling the instrument of judgment.
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-vchet–resh–beth
“sword, blade”
In context — Ezekiel 21:20
Mark out a way , so that the sword may come to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 21:20, so the Hebrew word חֶ֔רֶב (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.21.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.20.W4.S1) and character.