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Jeremiah 50:35

“A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.” (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: חֶ֥רֶב — 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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Verse 34 Verse 36

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.