Judges 20:46:9Judg.20.46.W9TAB
חֶ֖רֶב
kherev
“sword”
- Transliteration
- KHE-rev
- Extended
- KHEH-rehv
- IPA
- /ˈħɛ.rɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- sword
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
KHE-rev
- phraseyour reading level
sho-LEF KHE-rev
- clause
va-ye-HI khol-ha-no-fe-LIM mi-bin-ya-MIN e-se-RIM va-kha-mi-SHA E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHE-rev ba-YOM ha-HU
- sentence
va-ye-HI khol-ha-no-fe-LIM mi-bin-ya-MIN e-se-RIM va-kha-mi-SHA E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHE-rev ba-YOM ha-HU et-kol-E-le an-she-kha-YIL
Exegesis
The participial clause sholef-cherev {שֹׁלֵף חֶרֶב | šō-lêp̄ ḥe-rev} ‘drawing sword’ highlights active combatants.
Root and etymology
chet–resh–betchet–resh–bet
“sword, weapon”
In context — Judges 20:46
And all the fallen from Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword on that day; all these were men of valor .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:46:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 20:46, so the Hebrew word חֶ֖רֶב (kherev) 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.20.46.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.46.W9.S1) and character.