Numbers 14:3:8Num.14.3.W8TAB
בַּחֶ֔רֶב
bakherev
“by the sword”
- Transliteration
- ba-KHE-rev
- Extended
- bah-KHEH-rehv
- IPA
- /baˈħɛrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the sword
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ba-KHE-rev
- phraseyour reading level
lin-POL ba-KHE-rev
- clause
ve-la-MAH Ye-ho-VAH me-vi o-ta-NU el-ha-A-retz ha-ZOT lin-POL ba-KHE-rev na-SHE-nu ve-ta-PE-nu yih-YU la-VAZ
- sentence
ve-la-MAH Ye-ho-VAH me-vi o-ta-NU el-ha-A-retz ha-ZOT lin-POL ba-KHE-rev na-SHE-nu ve-ta-PE-nu yih-YU la-VAZ ha-LO TOV la-NU SHUV mits-ra-Y-ma
Exegesis
The purpose infinitive linpol {לִנְפֹּל | lin-pōl} “to fall” is qualified by bacherav {בַּחֶרֶב | ba-ḥe-rev} “by the sword.”
In context — Numbers 14:3
And why is the LORD bringing us to this land to fall by the sword and to have our wives and our little ones become plunder? Would it not be good for us to return to Egypt?
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 14:3, so the Hebrew word בַּחֶ֔רֶב (bakherev) 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 Num.14.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.3.W8.S1) and character.