cherev — sword, knife, dagger

bachar — to choose, elect, prefer

rachav — wide, broad

dor — generation, period of time

Genesis 3:24 — “Humankind was driven out; and east of the garden of Eden were stationed the cherubim and the fiery ever-turning sword, to guard the way to the tree of life.”

Genesis 31:26 — “And Laban said to Jacob, “What did you mean by keeping me in the dark and carrying off my daughters like captives of the sword?”

Genesis 31:40 — “Often, scorching heat ravaged me by day and frost by night; and sleep fled from my eyes.”

Genesis 34:26 — “They put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.”