Jeremiah 18:21:6Jer.18.21.W6TAB
עַל־יְדֵי־חֶרֶב֒
alyedekherev
“by the hands of the sword”
- Transliteration
- al-ye-DE-khe-REV
- Extended
- ahl-yeh-DEE-kheh-REHV
- IPA
- /ʕal.jədeː.ˈħɛrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the hands of the sword
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| 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
al-ye-DE-khe-REV
- clause
la-KHEN TEN et-be-NE-hem la-ra-AV ve-hag-gi-REM al-ye-DE-khe-REV ve-tih-ye-NA ne-SHE-hem sha-kku-LOT ve-al-ma-NOT ve-an-she-HEM yih-yu ha-ru-GE MA-vet
- sentence
la-KHEN TEN et-be-NE-hem la-ra-AV ve-hag-gi-REM al-ye-DE-khe-REV ve-tih-ye-NA ne-SHE-hem sha-kku-LOT ve-al-ma-NOT ve-an-she-HEM yih-yu ha-ru-GE MA-vet ba-khu-re-HEM mu-kke-KHE-rev ba-mmil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The phrases laraav {לָרָעָב | lā-rā-ʿāḇ} ‘to the famine’ and al-yedei-cherev {עַל־יְדֵי־חֶרֶב | ʿal-yə-dê-ḥe-rev} ‘to the power of the sword’ specify means of destruction.
Root and etymology
ח־ר־ב
“sword, destruction”
In context — Jeremiah 18:21
Therefore, give their sons to the famine , and hand them over to the power of the sword; let their women be bereaved and become widows , and let their men be slain by death; let their young men be struck by the sword in battle.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jeremiah 18:21, so the Hebrew word עַל־יְדֵי־חֶרֶב֒ (alyedekherev) 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.18.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.21.W6.S1) and character.