Numbers 20:18:7Num.20.18.W7TAB
פֶּן־בַּחֶ֖רֶב
penbakherev
“lest with the sword”
- Transliteration
- pen-ba-KHE-rev
- Extended
- pehn-bah-KHEH-rehv
- IPA
- /pɛn.baˈħɛrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- lest with the sword
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| 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
pen-ba-KHE-rev
- clause
pen-ba-KHE-rev e-TSE li-kra-TE-kha
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-la-VU e-DOM LO ta-a-VOR BI pen-ba-KHE-rev e-TSE li-kra-TE-kha
Exegesis
The concessive pen-bacherav {פֶּן־בַּחֶ֖רֶב | pen-ba-ḥe-rev} ‘lest with the sword’ links prohibition to threat.
Root and etymology
Rootchet-resh-bet
“sword, weapon”
In context — Numbers 20:18
But Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I go out to meet you with the sword .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 20:18, so the Hebrew word פֶּן־בַּחֶ֖רֶב (penbakherev) 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.20.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.18.W7.S1) and character.