Ezekiel 21:5:7Ezek.21.5.W7TABWLC Ezekiel 21:10

חַרְבִּ֖י

kharbi

my sword

Transliteration
khar-BI
Extended
khahr-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

    ho-TSE-ti khar-BI

  3. clause

    ve-ya-DE-u KOL-ba-SAR KI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH ho-TSE-ti khar-BI mi-ta-a-RA

  4. sentence

    ve-ya-DE-u KOL-ba-SAR KI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH ho-TSE-ti khar-BI mi-ta-a-RA LO ta-SHUV OD

Exegesis

The main assertion hotseti kharbi {הוֹצֵ֥אתִי חַרְבִּ֖י | hō-ṣē-ʾtî ḥar-bî} ‘I have brought out My sword’ portrays judgment as already initiated, not merely threatened.

Root and etymology

consonantsChet–Resh–Bet

sword

In contextEzekiel 21:5

And all flesh will know that I, the LORD , have drawn out My sword from its sheath; it will not return again.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 21:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 21:5, 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.21.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.5.W7.S1) and character.