Isaiah 22:2:9Isa.22.2.W9TAB
חַלְלֵי־חֶ֔רֶב
khallekherev
“slain of sword or slain by sword”
- Transliteration
- khal-le-KHE-rev
- Extended
- khahl-leh-KHEH-rehv
- IPA
- /ħalːeː.ˈħɛrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- slain of sword or slain by sword
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
khal-le-KHE-rev
- phraseyour reading level
LO khal-le-KHE-rev
- clause
kha-la-LA-yikh LO khal-le-KHE-rev ve-LO me-TE mil-kha-MA
- sentence
te-shu-OT me-le-A IR ho-mi-YA kir-YA a-li-ZA kha-la-LA-yikh LO khal-le-KHE-rev ve-LO me-TE mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The second clause features chalalayikh {חֲלָלַ֙יִךְ֙ | ḥa-lā-lăy-ykh} ‘your slain’ followed by a double negation, lo challei-cherev {לֹ֣א חַלְלֵי־חֶ֔רֶב | lōʾ ḥal-lê-ye ḥe-reḇ} ‘not slain of the sword’ and ve-lo metei milchamah {וְלֹ֖א מֵתֵ֥י מִלְחָמָֽה | wə-lōʾ meṯ-êy mil-ḥā-mah} ‘and not dead of battle,’ set in antithetical parallel to contrast expected martial deaths with an unspecified calamity. The Hebrew employs a vav-consecutive structure in the second clause to underscore the inevitability of the tragic outcome while preserving the triadic description to reflect both the city’s external clamor and its internal sorrow.
Root and etymology
ḥ-l-lchet–lamed–lamed
“to pierce, strike down”
In context — Isaiah 22:2
Full of shoutings, a noisy city, a joyous town; your slain were not slain by the sword, nor did they die in battle.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 22:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 22:2, so the Hebrew word חַלְלֵי־חֶ֔רֶב (khallekherev) 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 Isa.22.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.22.2.W9.S1) and character.