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Isaiah 34:6

“The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

חֶרֶבchereb · kheh'-reb
H2719 · Hebrew

Definition: drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
Derivation: from H2717 (חָרַב);
KJV renderings: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Grammar: חֶ֣רֶב — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
Code HNcfsa
Usage: Occurs 413 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:24 Genesis 27:40 Genesis 31:26 Genesis 34:25 Genesis 34:26

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.