Jeremiah 14:15:11Jer.14.15.W11TAB
חֶ֣רֶב
kherev
“sword”
- Transliteration
- KHE-rev
- Extended
- KHEH-rehv
- IPA
- /ˈħɛrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- sword
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
KHE-rev
- phraseyour reading level
KHE-rev ve-ra-AV
- clause
la-KHEN ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH al-ha-ne-vi-IM ha-niv-be-IM bish-MI va-a-NI lo-she-lakh-TIM ve-HE-ma o-me-RIM KHE-rev ve-ra-AV LO yih-ye ba-A-rets ha-ZOT
- sentence
la-KHEN ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH al-ha-ne-vi-IM ha-niv-be-IM bish-MI va-a-NI lo-she-lakh-TIM ve-HE-ma o-me-RIM KHE-rev ve-ra-AV LO yih-ye ba-A-rets ha-ZOT ba-KHE-rev u-va-ra-AV yit-ta-MU ha-ne-vi-IM ha-HE-ma
Exegesis
The participle ʾom-rîm {אֹֽמְרִ֔ים | ʾom-rîm} ‘they are saying’ introduces the false assertion ḥe-reḇ wə-rā-ʿāḇ lō yih-yeh bā-ʾāreṣ haz-zōṯ {חֶ֣רֶב וְרָעָ֔ב לֹ֥א יִהְיֶ֖ה בָּאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֑את | ḥe-reḇ wə-rā-ʿāḇ lō yih-yeh bā-ʾā-reṣ haz-zōṯ} ‘“sword and famine shall not be in this land.”’
Root and etymology
Rootḥet–resh–bet
“sword”
In context — Jeremiah 14:15
Therefore, thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, though I did not send them: they say, “Sword and famine shall not be in this land.” By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:15:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Jeremiah 14:15, so the Hebrew word חֶ֣רֶב (kherev) 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.14.15.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.15.W11.S1) and character.