with a sword stroke

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with a sword stroke

with a sword stroke

Figuratively: suddenly and unexpectedly (an 'ibḥah' means a sweep or slaughter).

("So that the heart may melt and many stumbling blocks be upon all their gates; I have given the stroke of a sword—made like lightning, prepared for slaughter" - Ezekiel 21:20)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בְּאִבְחַת חֶרֶב

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: בְּמַפְתִּיעַ וּבְפִתְאוֹמִיּוּת (אִבְחָה מִשְׁמָעָהּ תְּנוּפָה אוֹ טֶבַח).

("לְמַעַן לָמוּג לֵב וְהַרְבֵּה הַמִּכְשֹׁלִים עַל כָּל שַׁעֲרֵיהֶם נָתַתִּי אִבְחַת חָרֶב אָח עֲשׂוּיָה לְבָרָק מְעֻטָּה לְטָבַח"- יְחֶזְקֵאל כא כ)

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