Numbers 21:24:3Num.21.24.W3TAB
לְפִי־חָ֑רֶב
lefikharev
“with the edge of the sword”
- Transliteration
- le-FI-KHA-rev
- Extended
- leh-FEE-KHAA-rehv
- IPA
- /ləfiːˈχaː.rɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the edge 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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-KHA-rev
- clause
va-ya-ke-HU yis-ra-EL le-FI-KHA-rev
- sentence
va-ya-ke-HU yis-ra-EL le-FI-KHA-rev va-yi-RASH et-ART-so me-ar-NON ad-ya-BOK ad-be-NEI am-MON KI AZ ge-VUL be-NEI am-MON
Exegesis
The prepositional construct lefi-charev {לְפִי־חָ֑רֶב | lə-p̄î ḥā-rēḇ} ‘by the edge of the sword’ specifies the instrument.
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-bchet–resh–bet
“to wound, cleave”
In context — Numbers 21:24
And Israel struck him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from Arnon to Yabbok, up to the border of the sons of Ammon, because the boundary was fortified.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 21:24, so the Hebrew word לְפִי־חָ֑רֶב (lefikharev) 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.21.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.24.W3.S1) and character.