Judges 20:15:12Judg.20.15.W12TAB
חָ֑רֶב
kharev
“sword”
- Transliteration
- KHA-rev
- Extended
- KHAA-rehv
- IPA
- /ˈħaː.rɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- sword
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
KHA-rev
- phraseyour reading level
sho-LEF KHA-rev
- clause
va-yit-pa-ke-DU be-NEI bin-ya-MIN ba-YOM ha-HU me-he-a-RIM e-se-RIM ve-shi-SHA E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHA-rev
- sentence
va-yit-pa-ke-DU be-NEI bin-ya-MIN ba-YOM ha-HU me-he-a-RIM e-se-RIM ve-shi-SHA E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHA-rev le-VAD mi-yo-she-VEI ha-giv-A hit-pa-ke-DU she-VA me-OT ISH ba-KHUR
Exegesis
The participle sholef charev {שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חָ֑רֶב | šôlêp̄ ḥāreḇ} describes martial readiness.
Root and etymology
chet–resh–betchet–resh–bet
“sword, weapon”
In context — Judges 20:15
And the sons of Benjamin were mustered on that day from the cities—twenty-six thousand men drawing the sword—apart from the inhabitants of Gibeah; there were mustered seven hundred chosen .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:15:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 20:15, so the Hebrew word חָ֑רֶב (kharev) 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.20.15.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.15.W12.S1) and character.