Joshua 19:47:12Josh.19.47.W12TAB
לְפִי־חֶ֗רֶב
lefikherev
“with the edge of the sword”
- Transliteration
- le-FI-KHE-rev
- Extended
- leh-FEE-KHEH-rev
- IPA
- /ʔoˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the edge of the sword
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
le-FI-KHE-rev
- phraseyour reading level
va-yil-ke-DU o-TAH va-ya-KU o-TAH le-FI-KHE-rev
- clause
va-ya-a-LU be-NEI-DAN va-yi-la-KHa-mu im-LE-shem va-yil-ke-DU o-TAH va-ya-KU o-TAH le-FI-KHE-rev va-yir-SHU o-TAH va-ye-SHVU VAH va-yik-RE-u le-LE-shem DAN ke-SHEM DAN a-vi-HEM
- sentence
va-ye-TSE gvuL-be-NEI-DAN mei-HEM va-ya-a-LU be-NEI-DAN va-yi-la-KHa-mu im-LE-shem va-yil-ke-DU o-TAH va-ya-KU o-TAH le-FI-KHE-rev va-yir-SHU o-TAH va-ye-SHVU VAH va-yik-RE-u le-LE-shem DAN ke-SHEM DAN a-vi-HEM
Exegesis
The idiom lefi cherev {לְפִי חֶרֶב | lə-pī ḥé-rev} ‘by the edge of the sword’ conveys violent conquest.
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-bchet–resh–beth
“to cut, destroy”
In context — Joshua 19:47
And the border of the sons of Dan went out from them, and the sons of Dan went up against Leshem and captured it, and they struck it with the sword , and they possessed and dwelt in it. And they called Leshem Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:47:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Joshua 19:47, so the Hebrew word לְפִי־חֶ֗רֶב (lefikherev) 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 Josh.19.47.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.47.W12.S1) and character.