Numbers 19:16:6Num.19.16.W6TAB
בּֽ͏ַחֲלַל־חֶ֙רֶב֙
bakhalalkherev
“who was slain by sword”
- Transliteration
- ba-kha-LAL-KHE-rev
- Extended
- bah-kha-LAHL-KHEH-rev
- IPA
- /baħaˈlal.ˈχɛrev/
Meaning by language
- English
- who was slain by 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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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-kha-LAL-KHE-rev
- clause
ve-KOL a-SHER yi-GA al-pe-NEI ha-sa-DEH ba-kha-LAL-KHE-rev OH be-MET OH-be-ET-sem a-DAM OH be-KA-ver
- sentence
ve-KOL a-SHER yi-GA al-pe-NEI ha-sa-DEH ba-kha-LAL-KHE-rev OH be-MET OH-be-ET-sem a-DAM OH be-KA-ver yit-MA shiv-AT ya-MIM
Exegesis
The construct chain bachalal-cheḇ {בַּחֲלַל־חֶרֶב | ba-ḥă-lal-ḥerēḇ} ‘one slain by the sword’ notes the instrumentality of death.
Root and etymology
ח־ר־בḥ-r-b
“sword”
In context — Numbers 19:16
And anyone who touches, on the surface of the field, one slain by the sword, or a dead body, or a bone, or a grave, shall be unclean for seven days.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 19:16, so the Hebrew word בּֽ͏ַחֲלַל־חֶ֙רֶב֙ (bakhalalkherev) 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.19.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.16.W6.S1) and character.