Judges 20:11:7Judg.20.11.W7TAB
חֲבֵרִֽים׃
khaverim
“joined together or united”
- Transliteration
- kha-ve-RIM
- Extended
- khah-veh-REEM
- IPA
- /ħă.veːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- joined together or united
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kha-ve-RIM
- sentence
va-ye-a-SEF kol-ISH yis-ra-EL el-ha-IR ke-ISH e-KHAD kha-ve-RIM
Exegesis
Finally, ḥă-vê-rîm {חֲבֵרִים | ḥă-vê-rîm} “companions” conveys close alliance. This sequence—verb + construct phrase + prepositional unit + idiomatic simile + plural noun—builds a forceful image of corporate solidarity. English preserves the passive nuance in “were gathered” and the idiomatic force in “as one.”
Root and etymology
ḥ-b-rchet–bet–resh
“to join, associate”
In context — Judges 20:11
And all the men of Israel were gathered against the city as one man, united as companions .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 20:11, so the Hebrew word חֲבֵרִֽים׃ (khaverim) 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 Judg.20.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.11.W7.S1) and character.