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

Result
חַרְ + בִּ֖י
khar + bi
kharbi

Alphabet Analysis

Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    khar-BI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ho-tse-TI khar-BI

  3. 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 contextEzekiel 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.