Jeremiah 16:4:12Jer.16.4.W12TAB
וּבַחֶ֤רֶב
uvakherev
“and by the sword”
- Transliteration
- u-va-KHE-rev
- Extended
- oo-vah-KHEH-rehv
- IPA
- /uvaˈħɛrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and by the sword
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
u-va-KHE-rev
- phraseyour reading level
u-va-KHE-rev u-va-ra-AV
- clause
u-va-KHE-rev u-va-ra-AV yikh-LU ve-ha-ye-TA niv-la-TAM le-ma-a-KHAL le-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-le-ve-he-MAT ha-A-rets
- sentence
me-mo-TE ta-kha-lu-IM ya-mu-TU LO yis-sa-fe-DU ve-LO yik-ka-ve-RU le-DO-men al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA yih-ye-YU u-va-KHE-rev u-va-ra-AV yikh-LU ve-ha-ye-TA niv-la-TAM le-ma-a-KHAL le-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-le-ve-he-MAT ha-A-rets
Exegesis
Parallel agents u-va-ḥerev u-va-raʿav {וּבַחֶרֶב וּבָרָעָב | û-ḇa-ḥe-reḇ û-ḇā-rā-ʿāḇ} “by the sword and by famine” with yiklu {יִכְלוּ | yikh-lû} “they will be consumed” portray divine judgment through violence and deprivation.
In context — Jeremiah 16:4
They will die from deadly sicknesses; they will not be mourned , and they will not be buried . They will be like dung on the open face of the ground. They will be finished off by the sword and by famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:4:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Jeremiah 16:4, so the Hebrew word וּבַחֶ֤רֶב (uvakherev) 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.16.4.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.4.W12.S1) and character.