Jeremiah 14:12:13Jer.14.12.W13TAB
בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙
bakherev
“by the sword”
- Transliteration
- ba-KHE-rev
- Extended
- bah-KHEH-rehv
- IPA
- /baˈħɛrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the sword
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ba-KHE-rev
- clause
KI ba-KHE-rev u-va-ra-AV u-vad-DE-ver a-no-KHI me-kha-LE o-TAM
- sentence
KI ya-TSU-mu e-NE-ni sho-ME-a el-ri-na-TAM ve-KI ya-a-LU o-LA u-min-KHA e-NE-ni ro-TSAM KI ba-KHE-rev u-va-ra-AV u-vad-DE-ver a-no-KHI me-kha-LE o-TAM
Exegesis
The final clause deploys the prepositional phrases baḥereb {בַּחֶרֶב | baḥereb} ‘by the sword’, ū-rā‘āḇ {וּבָרָעָב | ū-rā‘āḇ} ‘and by famine’, and ū-bā-dēver {וּבַדֶּבֶר | ū-bā-dēver} ‘and by pestilence’ as cumulative instruments of judgment.
Root and etymology
Rootḥ-r-b
“sword; to dry up”
In context — Jeremiah 14:12
For when they fast, I do not listen to their cry; and when they offer a burnt offering and grain offering , I do not accept them. For by the sword and by famine and by pestilence, I consume them.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:12:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Jeremiah 14:12, so the Hebrew word בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙ (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 Jer.14.12.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.12.W13.S1) and character.