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
Korean
Indonesian
pedang
Bengali
তরবারি
Tagalog
tabak
Swahili
upanga
Amharic
ሰይፉን
Yoruba
idà
Igbo
mma-agha
Twi
afoa no
Ewe
yi

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Result
הַ + חֶ֙ + רֶב֙
ha + khe + rev
hakherev

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-KHE-rev

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ET LA-hat ha-KHE-rev

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.