Judges 20:48:7Judg.20.48.W7TAB
לְפִי־חֶ֔רֶב
lefikherev
“by the mouth of the sword”
- Transliteration
- le-fi-KHE-rev
- Extended
- leh-fee-KHEH-rehv
- IPA
- /ləfiːˈħɛrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the mouth 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-yak-KUM le-fi-KHE-rev
- clause
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL sha-VU el-be-NEI vin-ya-MIN va-yak-KUM le-fi-KHE-rev me-IR me-TIM ad-be-he-MA AD kal-ha-nim-TSA
- sentence
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL sha-VU el-be-NEI vin-ya-MIN va-yak-KUM le-fi-KHE-rev me-IR me-TIM ad-be-he-MA AD kal-ha-nim-TSA GAM kal-he-a-RIM ha-nim-tse-OT shil-KHU va-ESH
Exegesis
The idiom ləp̄î ḥereḇ {לְפִי־חֶ֔רֶב | ləp̄î ḥereḇ} ‘by the edge of the sword’ indicates the means of slaughter.
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-bchet–resh–bet
“destructive instrument”
In context — Judges 20:48
And the men of Israel returned against the sons of Benjamin and struck them with the sword —men and livestock of each city; then they burned every city they found.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:48:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 20:48, so the Hebrew word לְפִי־חֶ֔רֶב (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 Judg.20.48.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.48.W7.S1) and character.