Judges 20:17:11Judg.20.17.W11TAB
חָ֑רֶב
kharev
“a sword”
- Transliteration
- KHA-rev
- Extended
- khaa-REHV
- IPA
- /ħaːˈrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- a 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
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL hit-pa-ke-DU le-VAD mi-bin-ya-MIN ar-BA me-OT E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHA-rev
- sentence
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL hit-pa-ke-DU le-VAD mi-bin-ya-MIN ar-BA me-OT E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHA-rev kal-ZE ISH mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The participle sholef {שֹׁלֵף | šō-lêf} ‘drawing’ followed by noun cherev {חָרֶב | ḥā-reḇ} ‘sword’ portrays active combat readiness.
Root and etymology
chet–resh–betchet–resh–bet
“sword, weapon”
In context — Judges 20:17
And the men of Israel assembled apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men drawing swords; all these were men of war .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 20:17, 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.20.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.17.W11.S1) and character.