Hosea 13:16:6Hos.13.16.W6TABWLC Hosea 14:1

בַּחֶ֣רֶב

bakherev

by the sword

Transliteration
ba-KHE-rev
Extended
bah-KHEH-rehv
IPA
/baˈħɛrɛv/

Meaning by language

English
by the sword

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Result
בַּ + חֶ֣ + רֶב
ba + khe + rev
bakherev

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-KHE-rev

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ba-KHE-rev yip-PE-LU

  3. clause

    ba-KHE-rev yip-PE-LU o-le-LE-hem ye-rut-TA-SHU ve-ha-ri-YO-tav ye-vuk-KA-U

  4. sentence

    tish-A-SHAM shom-re-RON KI mar-te-HA be-ve-e-lo-HE-ha ba-KHE-rev yip-PE-LU o-le-LE-hem ye-rut-TA-SHU ve-ha-ri-YO-tav ye-vuk-KA-U

Exegesis

Judgment unfolds through a series of imperfect verbs in Qal and Pual stems—yipolu {יִּפֹּלוּ | yip·pō·lū} ‘they shall fall’, yeruttshu {יְרֻטְּשׁוּ | yə·ruṭ·ṭə·šū} ‘they shall be dashed’, yevukka’u {יְבֻקָּעוּ | yə·vuq·qā·‘ū} ‘they shall be torn open’—with the instrumental bacherav {בַּחֶרֶב | ba·ḥe·rev} ‘by the sword’ indicating means.

In contextHosea 13:16

Samaria shall bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God ; by the sword they shall fall, their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women shall be ripped open.

About this coordinate

Hosea 13:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Hosea 13:16, so the Hebrew word בַּחֶ֣רֶב (bakherev) 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 Hos.13.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.16.W6.S1) and character.