1 Chronicles 18:10:131 Chr.18.10.W13TAB
מִלְחֲמ֥וֹת
milkhamot
“of wars”
- Transliteration
- mil-kha-MOT
- Extended
- mih-l-khah-MOHT
- IPA
- /milħăˈmoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- of wars
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
mil-kha-MOT
- phraseyour reading level
mil-kha-MOT TO-U
- clause
va-yish-LAKH et-ha-do-RAM-be-NO el-ha-ME-lekh-da-VID li-shol-lish-OL-LO le-sha-LOM u-le-va-ra-KHO AL a-SHER nil-KHAM ba-ha-dad-E-zer va-yak-KE-HU ki-ISH mil-kha-MOT TO-U ha-YA ha-dad-A-zer
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH et-ha-do-RAM-be-NO el-ha-ME-lekh-da-VID li-shol-lish-OL-LO le-sha-LOM u-le-va-ra-KHO AL a-SHER nil-KHAM ba-ha-dad-E-zer va-yak-KE-HU ki-ISH mil-kha-MOT TO-U ha-YA ha-dad-A-zer ve-KHOL ke-LE za-HAV va-KHE-sef u-ne-KHO-shet
Exegesis
A further explanatory clause begins with ki-ish milchamot {כִּי־אִ֛ישׁ מִלְחֲמ֥וֹת | kî-ʾîš milḥămōṯ} ‘for (he was) a man of wars,’ characterizing Hadadezer as habitually warlike toward Tou.
Root and etymology
consonantsmem–lamed–chet
“salt”
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:10
And he sent Hadoram his son to King David to ask him for peace and to bless him because he had fought with Hadadezer and struck him, for Hadadezer had been a man of wars with Tou , and all vessels of gold, silver, and bronze.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:10:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Chronicles 18:10, so the Hebrew word מִלְחֲמ֥וֹת (milkhamot) 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 1 Chr.18.10.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.10.W13.S1) and character.