Genesis 3:24:9Gen.3.24.W9PAT
הַחֶ֙רֶב֙
hakherev
“the sword”
- Transliteration
- ha-KHE-rev
- Extended
- hah-KHEH-rehv
- IPA
- /haˈħɛ.rɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sword
- French
- l’épée
- Spanish
- la espada
- Portuguese
- espada
- German
- Schwertes
- Russian
- меча
- Arabic-Simplified
- السَّيْفِ
- Hindi
- तलवार
- Chinese-Simplified
- 剑
- Korean
- 칼
- Indonesian
- pedang
- Bengali
- তরবারি
- Tagalog
- tabak
- Swahili
- upanga
- Amharic
- ሰይፉን
- Yoruba
- idà
- Igbo
- mma-agha
- Twi
- afoa no
- Ewe
- yi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
ha-KHE-rev
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET LA-hat ha-KHE-rev
- clause
va-yash-KEN mi-KE-dem le-gan-E-den et-ha-ke-ru-VIM ve-ET LA-hat ha-KHE-rev ha-mit-ha-PE-khet li-SHMOR et-DE-rekh ETS ha-khai-YIM
- sentence
va-ye-GA-resh et-ha-a-DAM va-yash-KEN mi-KE-dem le-gan-E-den et-ha-ke-ru-VIM ve-ET LA-hat ha-KHE-rev ha-mit-ha-PE-khet li-SHMOR et-DE-rekh ETS ha-khai-YIM
In context — Genesis 3:24
He expelled the man He set the cherubim and the flame of the sword turning on the east side of the garden of Eden to guard the path to the tree of life
About this coordinate
Genesis 3:24:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 3:24, so the Hebrew word הַחֶ֙רֶב֙ (hakherev) 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 Gen.3.24.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.3.24.W9.S1) and character.