Judges 21:10:16Judg.21.10.W16TAB
לְפִי־חֶ֔רֶב
lefikherev
“by the mouth of the sword”
- Transliteration
- le-fi-KHE-rev
- Extended
- leh-fee-KHEH-rehv
- IPA
- /ləfiˈħɛ.rɛv/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-fi-KHE-rev
- clause
va-ye-tsa-VU o-TAM le-MOR le-KHU ve-hi-KI-tem et-yo-she-VEI ya-VESH gil-AD le-fi-KHE-rev ve-ha-na-SHIM ve-ha-TAF
- sentence
va-yish-le-KHU-SHAM ha-e-DA she-NEIM-a-SAHR E-lef ISH mib-be-NEI he-kha-YIL va-ye-tsa-VU o-TAM le-MOR le-KHU ve-hi-KI-tem et-yo-she-VEI ya-VESH gil-AD le-fi-KHE-rev ve-ha-na-SHIM ve-ha-TAF
Exegesis
The idiomatic ləp̄î ḥereḇ {לְפִי־חֶרֶב | ləp̄î ḥereḇ} ‘by the edge of the sword’ signals complete destruction.
In context — Judges 21:10
So the assembly sent twelve thousand men from the sons of valor, and they commanded them, saying, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead by the edge of the sword, including the women and the little ones .”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:10:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Judges 21:10, 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.21.10.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.10.W16.S1) and character.