Ezekiel 21:3:10Ezek.21.3.W10TABWLC Ezekiel 21:8
חַרְבִּ֖י
kharbi
“my sword”
- Transliteration
- khar-BI
- Extended
- khar-BEE
- IPA
- /ħarˈbiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my sword
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
khar-BI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ho-tse-TI khar-BI
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta le-ad-MAT yis-ra-EL KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH hin-ne-NI e-LA-yikh ve-ho-tse-TI khar-BI mi-ta-e-ra ve-hikh-ra-TI mi-ME-kh tsa-DIK ve-ra-SHA
Exegesis
The Hifil sequence vehotseʼti kharbi mitaʿarah {וְהוֹצֵאתִי חַרְבִּי מִתַּעֲרָהּ | wə-hō-ṣē-ʾî ḥar-bî mi-ṭa-ʿā-rāh} ‘and I will bring out my sword from its sheath’ functions as a metaphor for impending judgment.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–resh–bet
“sword”
In context — Ezekiel 21:3
And you shall say to the land of Israel, "Thus says the LORD : Behold, I am against you, and I will bring out my sword from its sheath, and I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked."
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 21:3, so the Hebrew word חַרְבִּ֖י (kharbi) 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.21.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.3.W10.S1) and character.