Jeremiah 20:4:11Jer.20.4.W11TAB
בְּחֶ֥רֶב
bekherev
“by the sword”
- Transliteration
- be-KHE-rev
- Extended
- beh-KHEH-rehv
- IPA
- /bəˈħɛrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the sword
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
be-KHE-rev
- phraseyour reading level
be-KHE-rev o-ye-VE-hem
- clause
KI KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH hin-ne-NI no-TEN-kha le-ma-GOR le-KHA u-le-khal-o-ha-VE-kha ve-na-FLU be-KHE-rev o-ye-VE-hem ve-e-NE-kha ro-OT
- sentence
KI KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH hin-ne-NI no-TEN-kha le-ma-GOR le-KHA u-le-khal-o-ha-VE-kha ve-na-FLU be-KHE-rev o-ye-VE-hem ve-e-NE-kha ro-OT ve-et-kal-ye-hu-DA e-TEN be-YAD ME-lekh-ba-VEL ve-hig-LAM ba-ve-LA ve-hi-KAM be-KHA-rev
Exegesis
Next, wə-nāphlû {וְנָֽפְלוּ | wə-nāphlû} “and they will fall” expresses the result, followed by the spatial phrase bə-ḥereḇ ’ōyəḇê-hem {בְּחֶרֶב אֹיְבֵיהֶם | bə-ḥereḇ ʾōyəḇêhem} “by the sword of their enemies.”
Root and etymology
Rootchet–resh–bet
“sword, destruction”
In context — Jeremiah 20:4
For thus says the LORD , “Behold, I am making you a terror to yourself and to all your friends ; and they will fall by the sword of their enemies as you watch. All of Judah I will give into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will exile them to Babylon and strike them down with the sword.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 20:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Jeremiah 20:4, so the Hebrew word בְּחֶ֥רֶב (bekherev) 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.20.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.4.W11.S1) and character.